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ID DOID:0050153
Name pulmonary aspergilloma
Definition An aspergillosis that presents as a clump of tangled mass of Aspergillus fungus fibres, blood clots, and white blood cells, which exists in the cavities of the lungs that develop in an area of previous lung disease or lung scarring.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001326.htm, http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch197/ch197b.html?qt=invasive%20pulmonary%20aspergillosis&alt=sh
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DO_infectious_disease_slim

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is_a aspergillosis

is_a lung disease

Subclass Logical Relationships

has material basis in some Aspergillus

disease has location some lung

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