title: Bladder aspergillosis detected by urine cytology.
abstract: Bladder aspergillosis is an unusual infection. We report the case of a 79-year-old man with clinical records of transitional cell carcinoma diagnosed 5 years ago. The presence of a fruiting body and septate hyphae in urine cytological smears were the key for a final diagnosis of fungal bladder infection caused by Aspergillus niger.
authors.affiliation: CFGS Anatomic Pathology and Cytology, Instituto de Piedras Blancas 33450, Asturias, Spain.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez-Girón
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martínez-Torre
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mosquera-Martínez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D048690:Fruiting Bodies, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D016482:Urinalysis; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Aspergillus niger; bladder aspergillosis; urine cytology