Disseminated Aspergillosis with Mediastinal Invasion Causing Fatal Stroke in an Immunocompetent Young Man.

Yarham, Robert; Goh, Rudy; Raith, Eamon P; Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy; Kleinig, Timothy.

Afiliação

Yarham R; Adelaide Medical School, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Goh R; Adelaide Medical School, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Raith EP; Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale, SA, Australia.
Sundararajan K; University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Kleinig T; Adelaide Medical School, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Case Rep Neurol ; 16(1): 63-70, 2024.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38444717

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Aspergillus flavus is a common cause of aspergillosis. Case Presentation A previously fit and well, immunocompetent 27-year-old male living in Australia developed disseminated A. flavus complex infection with mediastinal and cardiac invasion, superior vena cava obstruction and stroke, with fatal haemorrhagic transformation.