Aspergillus flavus as a cause of thyroiditis in an immunosuppressed host.
Disseminated aspergillosis is a major complication in immunosuprressed patients. Infiltration of the thyroid with Aspergillus organisms occurs in approximately 20% of autopsies in patients dying with disseminated disease. The present report describes Aspergillus thyroiditis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and possible hypothyroidism in a patient with disseminated aspergillosis.
D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine