title: A rare disease mimics postoperative bile leakage: Invasive aspergillosis.
abstract: Aspergillus fungi can cause serious infections, including intra-abdominal infection, particularly in patients with compromised immune system. Described in the present report is case of 46-year-old female patient who had undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) at another healthcare facility. In early postoperative period, she had increasing complaints of swelling, nausea, and vomiting. On postoperative 19th day, she was referred to our clinic with diagnosis of acute abdomen. Surgery was performed with suspected possibility of bile leakage. However, pathological examination of soft, yellow-green mass found in subhepatic space determined it was fungus ball caused by fungi of the genus Aspergillus. Patient was diagnosed postoperative intra-abdominal aspergillosis (IAA).
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey. fmyazar@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Fatih Mehmet
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Yazar
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey.
authors.forename: Aykut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urfalıoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey.
authors.forename: Ömer Faruk
authors.initials: ÖF
authors.lastname: Boran
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey.
authors.forename: Hamide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sayar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Elazığ Training and Research Hospital, Elazığ-Turkey.
authors.forename: Burhan Hakan
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Kanat
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey.
authors.forename: Arif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Emre
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey.
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cengiz
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey.
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bülbüloğlu
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D001646:Bile; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059413:Intraabdominal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D011184:Postoperative Period