Definitions

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  • noun A clump of fungus in a body cavity such as the lung, usually associated with the Aspergillus species.

Etymologies

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Aspergillus +‎ -oma

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Examples

  • Mice were intranasally inoculated with 30 µl of conidial suspension of Aspergillus strain D141, isolated from an aspergilloma patient

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mark Schütte et al. 2009

  • Lung imaging showed features of a thick walled cavity in the right upper lobe with an indwelling aspergilloma.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha Anita A Kumar 2008

  • Thoracoscopic resection of the pulmonary aspergilloma: report of two cases.

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