Medical Must-See: Patient’s collapsed lung has fungal origins

Indian doctors report an uncommon presentation of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
Rachel Fieldhouse

A rare case of complete left lung collapse caused by allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis has prompted doctors in India to warn of the need to consider the allergic fungal disease as a culprit in similar presentations.

Their patient, aged in his mid-40s, presented to the interventional neuroradiology outpatient clinic two days after treatment for acute-onset numbness and weakness in his right limbs.