A Rare Presentation of Cardiac Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Literature Review
| Autor: | Hyder Bangash, Raheel Akhtar, Zain Wahab, Salman A Bangash, Abdullah Pervaiz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Cardiology Fungal endocarditis Infectious Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine skin and connective tissue diseases Aspergillus species infective endocarditis business.industry aspergillus aspergilloma General Engineering medicine.disease Limb ischemia immunocompetent cerebral emboli Surgery cardiac aspergilloma Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Infective endocarditis Fatal disease Differential diagnosis Presentation (obstetrics) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Aspergilloma |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Cardiac aspergilloma is exceptionally rare with only a handful of cases reported and majority of them being in immunocompromised patients. Here, we present a case of cardiac aspergilloma involving the right and left ventricle in an immunocompetent patient that initially presented with acute limb ischemia. He was later found to have a cardiac mass with histopathological diagnosis confirming Aspergillus species. Despite aggressive medical and surgical interventions, the patient had an unfavorable outcome due to low suspicion of invasive fungal endocarditis given his immunocompetent status. Cardiac aspergilloma should remain in the differential diagnosis of immunocompetent patients as early clinical suspicion will result in early treatment and decreased mortality. Novel therapies are required to decrease mortality in the future from this fatal disease. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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