Corticosteroid monotherapy in a case of bronchocentric granulomatosis with a two-year follow-up

Huiling Li; Jianxing He; Yingying Gu; Nanshan Zhong

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.10.13

Corticosteroid monotherapy in a case of bronchocentric granulomatosis with a two-year follow-up

J Thorac Dis. 2013 Oct;5(5):E207-9. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.10.13.

Authors

Huiling Li¹, Jianxing He, Yingying Gu, Nanshan Zhong

Affiliation

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hainan Branch of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Sanya 572000, China; ; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases,Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China.

PMID: 24255794
PMCID: PMC3815734
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.10.13

Abstract

Bronchocentric granulomatosis (BCG) is a rare disease. Because of the possibility of fungal infection, BCG has usually been treated with corticosteroids and antifungal agent. However, fungi are not detected in all BCG tissues. We report a case of proven BCG by open lung biopsy without fungi in a woman with corticosteroids monotherapy and two-year follow-up.

Keywords: Bronchocentric granulomatosis (BCG); allergic disease; corticosteroids; fungal infection; open lung biopsy.

Publication types

Case Reports