Invasive aspergillosis in the aortic arch with infectious Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae

A patient with pulmonary bullae died of massive hemoptysis. At autopsy a hole was observed in the aortic wall. A microscopic examination indicated small Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae and extensive necrotic lesions with Aspergillus hyphae in the media of the thoracic aorta. These findings l...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Isao, Nakayama, Takahisa, Yamada, Eiji, Tsukino, Mitsuhiro, Hayashi, Eiichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.12.001
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author Watanabe, Isao
Nakayama, Takahisa
Yamada, Eiji
Tsukino, Mitsuhiro
Hayashi, Eiichi
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description A patient with pulmonary bullae died of massive hemoptysis. At autopsy a hole was observed in the aortic wall. A microscopic examination indicated small Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae and extensive necrotic lesions with Aspergillus hyphae in the media of the thoracic aorta. These findings led to a diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in the aortic arch. This is a rare case in which Aspergillus invaded the aorta in a patient without hematologic neoplasms or neutropenia.
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spelling pubmed-49098812016-06-21 Invasive aspergillosis in the aortic arch with infectious Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae Watanabe, Isao Nakayama, Takahisa Yamada, Eiji Tsukino, Mitsuhiro Hayashi, Eiichi Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A patient with pulmonary bullae died of massive hemoptysis. At autopsy a hole was observed in the aortic wall. A microscopic examination indicated small Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae and extensive necrotic lesions with Aspergillus hyphae in the media of the thoracic aorta. These findings led to a diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in the aortic arch. This is a rare case in which Aspergillus invaded the aorta in a patient without hematologic neoplasms or neutropenia. Elsevier 2014-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4909881/ /pubmed/27330942 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.12.001 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Invasive aspergillosis in the aortic arch with infectious Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae
title Invasive aspergillosis in the aortic arch with infectious Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae
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title_fullStr Invasive aspergillosis in the aortic arch with infectious Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae
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title_short Invasive aspergillosis in the aortic arch with infectious Aspergillus lesions in pulmonary bullae
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909881/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.12.001
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