title: A renal aspergilloma--an unusual presentation of aspergillosis in an HIV patient.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aspergillosis is a fungal infection occasionally found in immunosuppressed patients. The recommended management of patients with renal aspergilloma remains unclear.
  
  
  METHODS
  An HIV patient presented with flank pain and an abdominal mass. Renal aspergilloma was diagnosed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient with CD4 above 200 did well with nephrectomy followed by amphotericin therapy for 14 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The merits of surgery followed by antifungal chemotherapy or vice versa are limited. More studies are needed to ascertain the most effective method of treatment for Aspergillosis in HIV patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Mulago Medical School, Kampala, Uganda. david.meya@gmail.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meya
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lwanga
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ronald
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kigonya
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014454:Uganda