Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient
Fungal infections of the lung are uncommon and mainly affect people with immune deficiency. There are crucial problems in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and candidiasis are the most common opportunistic fungal infections. Aspergillus species (spp.) ar...
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| author | Erdoğan Çetinkaya Mustafa Çörtük Şule Gül Ali Mert Hilal Boyacı Ertan Çam H. Erhan Dincer |
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| description | Fungal infections of the lung are uncommon and mainly affect people with immune deficiency. There are crucial problems in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and candidiasis are the most common opportunistic fungal infections. Aspergillus species (spp.) are saprophytes molds that exist in nature as spores and rarely cause disease in immunocompetent individuals. In patients with immune deficiency or chronic lung disease, such as cavitary lung disease or bronchiectasis, Aspergillus may cause a variety of aspergillosis infections. Here we present a case of a 57-year-old patient without immunodeficiency or chronic lung disease who was diagnosed with endotracheal fungus ball and chronic fungal infection, possibly due to Aspergillus. Bronchoscopic examination showed a paralyzed right vocal cord and vegetating mass that was yellow in color, at the posterior wall of tracheal lumen. After 3 months, both the parenchymal and tracheal lesions were completely resolved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3adaa3468885494fb037d27b39164af02025-02-03T06:11:27ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352016-01-01201610.1155/2016/24164522416452Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent PatientErdoğan Çetinkaya0Mustafa Çörtük1Şule Gül2Ali Mert3Hilal Boyacı4Ertan Çam5H. Erhan Dincer6Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital, 34020 Istanbul, TurkeyChest Diseases, Karabük University School of Medicine, 78200 Karabük, TurkeyYedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital, 34020 Istanbul, TurkeyInternal Medicine, İstanbul Medipol University School of Medicine, 34083 Istanbul, TurkeyMerzifon Kara Mustafa Paşa State Hospital, 05300 Amasya, TurkeyYedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital, 34020 Istanbul, TurkeyPulmonary and Critical Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USAFungal infections of the lung are uncommon and mainly affect people with immune deficiency. There are crucial problems in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and candidiasis are the most common opportunistic fungal infections. Aspergillus species (spp.) are saprophytes molds that exist in nature as spores and rarely cause disease in immunocompetent individuals. In patients with immune deficiency or chronic lung disease, such as cavitary lung disease or bronchiectasis, Aspergillus may cause a variety of aspergillosis infections. Here we present a case of a 57-year-old patient without immunodeficiency or chronic lung disease who was diagnosed with endotracheal fungus ball and chronic fungal infection, possibly due to Aspergillus. Bronchoscopic examination showed a paralyzed right vocal cord and vegetating mass that was yellow in color, at the posterior wall of tracheal lumen. After 3 months, both the parenchymal and tracheal lesions were completely resolved.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2416452 |
| spellingShingle | Erdoğan Çetinkaya Mustafa Çörtük Şule Gül Ali Mert Hilal Boyacı Ertan Çam H. Erhan Dincer Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_full | Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_fullStr | Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_short | Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_sort | simultaneous chronic invasive fungal infection and tracheal fungus ball mimicking cancer in an immunocompetent patient |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2416452 |
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