Anterior chest wall protrusion as initial presentation of chronic granulomatous disease: a case report.
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease characterized by recurrent life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections. We report a 4-month-old girl with CGD, was firstly presented with an anterior chest wall protrusion because of an aspergillosis mass.
Mamishi
Setareh
S
Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Children Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran. smamishi@sina.tums.ac.ir
Fattahi
Fatemeh
F
Radmanesh
Alireza
A
Mahjoub
Fatemeh
F
Pourpak
Zahra
Z
D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed