Cargando…

Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation

Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection that typically presents as a pulmonary infection. Systemic involvement of blastomycosis from the lungs commonly occurs in the skin and bones. Tracheal involvement is an unusual presentation of blastomycosis, which makes it a formidable diagnostic challenge. W...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rimawi, Ahmad, Amireh, Karim, Crabtree, Traves, Robinson, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579228
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31869
_version_ 1784859062805987328
author Rimawi, Ahmad
Amireh, Karim
Crabtree, Traves
Robinson, Robert
author_facet Rimawi, Ahmad
Amireh, Karim
Crabtree, Traves
Robinson, Robert
author_sort Rimawi, Ahmad
collection PubMed
description Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection that typically presents as a pulmonary infection. Systemic involvement of blastomycosis from the lungs commonly occurs in the skin and bones. Tracheal involvement is an unusual presentation of blastomycosis, which makes it a formidable diagnostic challenge. We herein report an unusual case of an 85-year-old man presenting with tracheal blastomycosis presenting as a primary tracheal tumor. We also highlight the challenges that were faced in the diagnosis of such an uncommon presentation. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the third occurrence of blastomycosis with tracheal involvement.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9789919
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Cureus
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-97899192022-12-27 Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation Rimawi, Ahmad Amireh, Karim Crabtree, Traves Robinson, Robert Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection that typically presents as a pulmonary infection. Systemic involvement of blastomycosis from the lungs commonly occurs in the skin and bones. Tracheal involvement is an unusual presentation of blastomycosis, which makes it a formidable diagnostic challenge. We herein report an unusual case of an 85-year-old man presenting with tracheal blastomycosis presenting as a primary tracheal tumor. We also highlight the challenges that were faced in the diagnosis of such an uncommon presentation. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the third occurrence of blastomycosis with tracheal involvement. Cureus 2022-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9789919/ /pubmed/36579228 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31869 Text en Copyright © 2022, Rimawi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Rimawi, Ahmad
Amireh, Karim
Crabtree, Traves
Robinson, Robert
Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation
title Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation
title_full Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation
title_fullStr Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation
title_short Blastomycosis Presenting as a Primary Tracheal Tumor: A Rare Presentation
title_sort blastomycosis presenting as a primary tracheal tumor: a rare presentation
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9789919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36579228
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31869
work_keys_str_mv AT rimawiahmad blastomycosispresentingasaprimarytrachealtumorararepresentation
AT amirehkarim blastomycosispresentingasaprimarytrachealtumorararepresentation
AT crabtreetraves blastomycosispresentingasaprimarytrachealtumorararepresentation
AT robinsonrobert blastomycosispresentingasaprimarytrachealtumorararepresentation