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Recurrent Invasive Aspergillosis in Immunocompetent Patient.

Rami M AbazidMohammad O KatteaSaroona HaroonAtheer H AlhujilanMohammed S Alkathlan
Published in: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging (2021)
Invasive cardiac aspergillosis is a rare form of disseminated Aspergillus infection which carries a very high mortality rate even with aggressive treatment. Importantly, patients with pre-existing cardiac lesions, prosthetic valves, stents, coronary bypass grafts, and implanted devices are at greater risk. A case of fatal, recurrent, disseminated Aspergillus infection in an immunocompetent patient with invasion of a structurally normal heart in the context of multiorgan involvement is presented. Supplemental material is available for this article. Keywords: CT, Echocardiography, Infection © RSNA, 2021.
Keyphrases
  • left ventricular
  • computed tomography
  • case report
  • heart failure
  • coronary artery disease
  • coronary artery
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • aortic valve
  • aortic valve replacement
  • cell migration
  • cell wall
  • contrast enhanced