Pulmonary aspergillosis diagnosed during surgical treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax: a case report

In pneumothorax patients with cystic changes in the lungs arising from old healed pulmonary tuberculosis, the potential presence of CPA should also be considered. Even with exposure of fungal colonies in the thoracic cavity during pneumothorax surgery, appropriate intraoperative and postoperative measures could allow even elderly steroid-treated patients to recover completely without recurrence of CPA.