The Difficulty of Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis Initially Manifesting as Optic Neuropathy

BACKGROUND: Invasive aspergillosis is often fatal. Here, we report a patient with invasive aspergillosis primarily involving the optic nerve diagnosed on autopsy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 77-year-old female with underlying diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension presented with disc swelling...

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Autores principales: Mori, Sotaro, Kurimoto, Takuji, Kawara, Kana, Ueda, Kaori, Sakamoto, Mari, Keshi, Yukako, Yamada-Nakanishi, Yuko, Tachibana, Hisatsugu, Nakamura, Makoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30792652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000495979

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30792652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000495979

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