Extract
A 66-year-old, female, lifelong nonsmoker was referred to the chest clinic on an urgent referral pathway. She presented with dry cough and breathlessness of 6 months duration on a background of intermittent cough for 5 years. She had no sputum production, haemoptysis or weight loss, and maintained a good appetite. The cough was triggered by perfumes/allergens. Her medical history was unremarkable and she denied hay fever or gastro-oesophageal reflux-like symptoms. Family history included asthma and eczema. Her father had been a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer; therefore, there had been passive exposure to smoking.
Abstract
Always consider an underlying diagnosis of Aspergillus-related disease when faced with persistent symptoms in an individual with predisposing risk factors (e.g. asthma) http://bit.ly/3aBTQip
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: N. Fox has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: S. Ranmuthu has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: J. Periselneris has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: G. Hardavella has nothing to disclose.
- Received August 20, 2019.
- Accepted March 2, 2020.
- Copyright ©ERS 2020
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