Splenic calcifications caused by Trichosporon beigelli infection: CT and ultrasound demonstration.
Trichosporon beigelli is an uncommon but frequently fatal invasive fungal infection in immunosupressed patients. We report on a patient with acute myeloid leukemia who developed splenic calcifications following Trichosporon beigelli infection.
Department of Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, P. O. Box 12000, 91 120 Jerusalem, Israel.
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Bugomolsky-Yahalom
D000208:Acute Disease; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014250:Trichosporon; D014463:Ultrasonography