Pseudofungi in an Immunocompromised Patient with Breast Cancer and COVID-19

Herein, we present a case of a male patient with breast cancer and a recent history of COVID-19 pneumonia, diagnosed with pseudofungi on pathological examination of lymph nodes after mastectomy. Pseudofungi are septate hyphae-like structures that morphologically mimic fungal elements despite the abs...

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Autores principales: Bilani, Nadeem, Elson, Leah, Carlson, Diane, Elimimian, Elizabeth Blessing, Nahleh, Zeina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7599402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33144862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1849250
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author Bilani, Nadeem
Elson, Leah
Carlson, Diane
Elimimian, Elizabeth Blessing
Nahleh, Zeina
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description Herein, we present a case of a male patient with breast cancer and a recent history of COVID-19 pneumonia, diagnosed with pseudofungi on pathological examination of lymph nodes after mastectomy. Pseudofungi are septate hyphae-like structures that morphologically mimic fungal elements despite the absence of true mycosis and thus predispose to overtreatment if not properly identified. We report a review of similar cases involving this diagnostic mimicker in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-75994022020-11-02 Pseudofungi in an Immunocompromised Patient with Breast Cancer and COVID-19 Bilani, Nadeem Elson, Leah Carlson, Diane Elimimian, Elizabeth Blessing Nahleh, Zeina Case Rep Med Case Report Herein, we present a case of a male patient with breast cancer and a recent history of COVID-19 pneumonia, diagnosed with pseudofungi on pathological examination of lymph nodes after mastectomy. Pseudofungi are septate hyphae-like structures that morphologically mimic fungal elements despite the absence of true mycosis and thus predispose to overtreatment if not properly identified. We report a review of similar cases involving this diagnostic mimicker in the literature. Hindawi 2020-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7599402/ /pubmed/33144862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1849250 Text en Copyright © 2020 Nadeem Bilani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bilani, Nadeem
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Pseudofungi in an Immunocompromised Patient with Breast Cancer and COVID-19
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title_full_unstemmed Pseudofungi in an Immunocompromised Patient with Breast Cancer and COVID-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7599402/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1849250
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