Pulmonary aspergilloma with prominent oxalate deposition

Some Aspergillus species produce oxalic acid, which reacts with tissue calcium or blood to precipitate calcium oxalate. Oxalate crystals can induce lung and kidney damage. The presence of oxalate crystals can suggest the diagnosis of aspergillosis, even when Aspergillus hyphae are absent on microsco...

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Autores principales: Limaiem, Faten, Blibech, Hana, Bouhajja, Leila, Ben Farhat, Leila, Louzir, Bechir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9702333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36447656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6667
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author Limaiem, Faten
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description Some Aspergillus species produce oxalic acid, which reacts with tissue calcium or blood to precipitate calcium oxalate. Oxalate crystals can induce lung and kidney damage. The presence of oxalate crystals can suggest the diagnosis of aspergillosis, even when Aspergillus hyphae are absent on microscopic slides.
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spelling pubmed-97023332022-11-28 Pulmonary aspergilloma with prominent oxalate deposition Limaiem, Faten Blibech, Hana Bouhajja, Leila Ben Farhat, Leila Louzir, Bechir Clin Case Rep Case Images Some Aspergillus species produce oxalic acid, which reacts with tissue calcium or blood to precipitate calcium oxalate. Oxalate crystals can induce lung and kidney damage. The presence of oxalate crystals can suggest the diagnosis of aspergillosis, even when Aspergillus hyphae are absent on microscopic slides. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9702333/ /pubmed/36447656 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6667 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Pulmonary aspergilloma with prominent oxalate deposition
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9702333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36447656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6667
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