Intracranial aspergillosis in a non-immunocompromised patient treated for muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
We report a case of intracerebral Aspergillosis in a patient undergoing radical cystectomy for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer who did not reveal any deterioration of the immune system. Aspergillus fumigatus is an ubiquitously present, airborne fungus that tends to infect the upper respiratory tract. However, the latter was not observed in the patient presented. Complications in the form of an involvement of the central nervous system are very rarely recognized as a result of an Aspergillus infection and primarily occur in patients who are not immunologically competent. To our knowledge, we present the first case of intracerebral invasive Aspergillosis in an otherwise healthy patient diagnosed with an urological malignancy.
Department of Urology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Germany.
Axel Stuart
AS
Merseburger
Mathias
M
Oelke
Joerg
J
Hartmann
Arnulf
A
Stenzl
Markus Antonius
MA
Kuczyk
D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D015653:Cystectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020953:Neuroaspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery