Pulmonary aspergilloma: A 15 years experience in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Mbembati, Naboth A.

Pulmonary aspergilloma: A 15 years experience in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

dc.contributor.author	Mbembati, Naboth A.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-19T09:22:22Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-19T09:22:22Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.description.abstract	There is a paucity of literature on the prevalence and surgical treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma in African countries. This was a retrospective review of cases managed at the Thoracic Surgical Unit of Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, over a 15-year period from June 1986 to May 2000. Ten patients were operated on for pulmonary aspergilloma out of 345 major thoracic surgical operations performed by the unit during the period of study. There were eight males and two females. The surgical treatment offered included left upper lobectomy in six patients, right upper lobectomy in two, right lower lobectomy in one and extra pleural pneumonectomy in one other patient. There were three deaths. It is recommended that pulmonary aspergilloma should be considered as one of the differential diagnosis in any patient who presents with recurrent episodes of haemoptysis.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Mbembati, N.A.A. and Lema, L.E.K., 2001. Pulmonary aspergilloma: A 15 years experience in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 6(2).	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ecajs/article/view/136632
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/985
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	East and Central African Journal of Surgery	en_US
dc.subject	Pulmonary	en_US
dc.subject	Aspergilloma	en_US
dc.subject	Surgical treatment	en_US
dc.title	Pulmonary aspergilloma: A 15 years experience in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US