Snippet 23: Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) - Update of Radiology Subtypes

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The ISHAM-ABPA working group has updated its consensus criteria for diagnosis allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA).

It has also updated the radiology criteria and subtypes.

Types

• Serological ABPA (ABPA-S) - no bronchiectasis
• ABPA with bronchiectasis (ABPA-B)
• AHPA with mucus plugging (ABPA-MP), but without high-attenuation mucus
• ABPA with high-attenuation mucus (ABPA-HAM)
• ABPA with chronic pleuropulmonary fibrosis (ABPA-CPF)

The short video discusses these new radiological criteria

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