has disposition aspergillosis opportunistic fungal pathogen primary fungal pathogen aspergilloma pulmonary aspergilloma usually develops in the patients with underlying lung diseases https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531547/ doi: 10.3904/kjim.2004.19.1.38 An aspergillosis that involves a ball of Aspergillus growing in the lungs or sinuses, but it usually does not spread to other parts of the body. Aspergilloma is also called a “fungus ball.”