Biatrial aspergillosis in a patient with immunocompetency.
A 24-year-old man presented with a 24-hour history of pain and numbness in his left arm. The patient's clinical presentation of peripheral embolism was corroborated by angiography. Echocardiographic study showed masses in both right and left atria. Pathologic specimen from the embolus confirmed the diagnosis of aspergillosis.
Chamsi-Pasha
Hassan
H
Division of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. drhcpasha@hotmail.com
Abdulmoneim
Alaa
A
Ahmed
Waqar H
WH
Al-Shaibi
Khaled F
KF
Ajam
Aref
A
Bakhamees
Hassan
H
Ashmeg
Abdullah K
AK
D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence / Q000276:immunology*; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed