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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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Autores principales: El Hasbani, Georges, Chirayil, Joseph, Nithisoontorn, Sutasinee, Antezana, Arturo Alvarez, El Husseini, Ibrahim, Landaeta, Maria, Saeed, Yasir, Assaker, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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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
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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/).
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El Hasbani, Georges
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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
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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
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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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