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Cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual
Cerebral aspergillosis has the tendency to occur in immunocompromised patients. Less commonly, immunocompetent individuals can be affected, with neuroimaging findings being difficult to interpret. The diagnosis necessitates imaging of the brain as well as the sinuses with biopsy and pathological con...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31453078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.07.011 |
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author | El Hasbani, Georges Chirayil, Joseph Nithisoontorn, Sutasinee Antezana, Arturo Alvarez El Husseini, Ibrahim Landaeta, Maria Saeed, Yasir Assaker, Richard |
author_facet | El Hasbani, Georges Chirayil, Joseph Nithisoontorn, Sutasinee Antezana, Arturo Alvarez El Husseini, Ibrahim Landaeta, Maria Saeed, Yasir Assaker, Richard |
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description | Cerebral aspergillosis has the tendency to occur in immunocompromised patients. Less commonly, immunocompetent individuals can be affected, with neuroimaging findings being difficult to interpret. The diagnosis necessitates imaging of the brain as well as the sinuses with biopsy and pathological confirmation. A surgical excision with aggressive antifungal agents are required for a proper management. This case report describes an immunocompetent patient with cerebral aspergillosis that presented radiologically as a suspicious mass to be diagnosed pathologically and excised surgically. |
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spelling | pubmed-67004072019-08-26 Cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual El Hasbani, Georges Chirayil, Joseph Nithisoontorn, Sutasinee Antezana, Arturo Alvarez El Husseini, Ibrahim Landaeta, Maria Saeed, Yasir Assaker, Richard Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Cerebral aspergillosis has the tendency to occur in immunocompromised patients. Less commonly, immunocompetent individuals can be affected, with neuroimaging findings being difficult to interpret. The diagnosis necessitates imaging of the brain as well as the sinuses with biopsy and pathological confirmation. A surgical excision with aggressive antifungal agents are required for a proper management. This case report describes an immunocompetent patient with cerebral aspergillosis that presented radiologically as a suspicious mass to be diagnosed pathologically and excised surgically. Elsevier 2019-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6700407/ /pubmed/31453078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.07.011 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report El Hasbani, Georges Chirayil, Joseph Nithisoontorn, Sutasinee Antezana, Arturo Alvarez El Husseini, Ibrahim Landaeta, Maria Saeed, Yasir Assaker, Richard Cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual |
title | Cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual |
title_full | Cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual |
title_fullStr | Cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual |
title_full_unstemmed | Cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual |
title_short | Cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual |
title_sort | cerebral aspergillosis presenting as a space occupying lesion in an immunocompetent individual |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31453078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.07.011 |
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