Intracardiac Aspergilloma in a Post-Transplant Patient: A Multimodal Approach to Diagnosis

Cardiac aspergillomas are rare and associated with high mortality. We present a case of right ventricular cardiac aspergilloma in an asymptomatic renal transplant recipient. Intracavitary aspergilloma is an important consideration in evaluation of an intracardiac mass in an immunocompromised patient...

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Autores principales: Bhatnagar, Roshni, Rabadia, Soniya V., Gupta, Bali, Prosper, Ashley E., Ptaszny, Magdalena E., Shamsa, Kamran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34471875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.02.017
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Sumario:Cardiac aspergillomas are rare and associated with high mortality. We present a case of right ventricular cardiac aspergilloma in an asymptomatic renal transplant recipient. Intracavitary aspergilloma is an important consideration in evaluation of an intracardiac mass in an immunocompromised patient. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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