Lung aspergilloma with pituitary invasive aspergillosis presenting as headache and hyponatraemia.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Jan 2021
Historique:
entrez: 28 1 2021
pubmed: 29 1 2021
medline: 24 2 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Fungal infections involving the pituitary gland are rare and can be life threatening. A 75-year-old man with hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented with headache and hyponatraemia. Imaging study showed right upper lung mass, and mass resection showed aspergilloma without tissue invasion on histology. The patient developed visual impairment a few weeks later, and MRI of the brain revealed bilateral sphenoid sinusitis and pituitary invasion. The trans-sphenoidal biopsy confirmed invasive

Identifiants

pubmed: 33504528
pii: 14/1/e238721
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238721
pmc: PMC7843313
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antifungal Agents 0
Voriconazole JFU09I87TR

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

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Auteurs

Eunho Choi (E)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Sun Bean Kim (SB)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea puppybin@gmail.com.

Jong Hun Kim (JH)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Young Kyung Yoon (YK)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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