Vinh International Hospital successfully treated a patient with pulmonary mycosis fungoides
(Baonghean.vn) - Aspergillus fungus is one of four common types of fungus that cause lung fungal disease. If not detected and treated promptly, the risk of death is high. Recently, patient NVT was discovered and successfully operated on for lung fungal tumor at Vinh International Hospital.
Patient NVT, born in 1989, in Vinh City, Nghe An, has had a cough that has lasted for about a month. Although the patient took cough medicine, it did not help, and he also felt tired, had a poor appetite, and lost weight.
The patient came to Vinh International Hospital for examination with the following signs: No fever, few rales on auscultation of the lungs, and no signs of infection on examination. However, on the patient's chest X-ray, there was a fibrous mass in the right subclavian region and a calcified nodule measuring 30 x 14 mm.
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| Chest CT image of the patient. |
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| Chest X-ray image of the patient. |
The doctor examined and ordered a chest CT scan for the patient and discovered a cavitary lesion in the right lung lobe, measuring 65 x 31 mm, communicating with a bronchial branch, with a thin cavity wall. Inside the cavity was a 30 x 14 mm opaque mass that could move with gravity.
Due to the serious nature of the disease, which can affect the patient's life, when diagnosed with pulmonary mycosis, doctors prescribed surgery to remove part of the lung or lobe of the lung along with the cyst containing the mycosis for timely treatment.
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| Image of a doctor performing surgery on patient NVT Photo: Kim Chung |
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| The patient's lung lobe with mycosis fungoides (resected). Photo: Kim Chung |
Pulmonary mycosis fungoides often develop in an existing tuberculous cavity, and their natural progression can lead to the risk of sudden hemoptysis, threatening the patient's life.
Aspergillus is one of four common types of fungi that cause pulmonary fungal diseases, the most common of which is Aspergillus. Pulmonary fungal disease is a lung infection that is rare in people with good resistance, often found in people with weakened immune systems, the elderly, and those with long-term chronic diseases.
To prevent lung fungus, you need to exercise regularly, eat nutritious food to improve your resistance; avoid mold in the house, arrange furniture neatly, have enough sunlight, ventilation, avoid humidity; When cleaning the house, you need to wear a mask to avoid inhaling mold dust.
Master, Specialist II in Thoracic Surgery Luong Tu Hai Thanh - Director of Vinh International Hospital has many years of experience and has successfully performed surgery to treat many cases of patients with pulmonary mycosis.
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