A review on human adiaspiromycosis which gives an account on the history, incidence, transmission to animals and humans, clinical picture, pathophysiology and pathological anatomy, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of this rare disease in child age. The paper is supplemented by a case-record of the disease in a 16-year-old girl.

        Key words: adiaspiromycosis, disseminated pulmonary processes, pulmonary mycoses