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ArticleCureus2019

A Rare Presentation of Cardiac Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Literature Review.

Abdullah M Pervaiz, Salman A Bangash, Raheel Akhtar, Zain Wahab, Hyder Bangash

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdullah M PervaizInternal Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, USA.
Salman A BangashInternal Medicine, Doctors Hospital / University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, USA.
Raheel AkhtarInternal Medicine, Windsor University School of Medicine, Basseterre, KNA.
Zain WahabInternal Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, New York, USA.
Hyder BangashPsychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.
Baystate Medical Center · USThe University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · USWindsor University School of Medicine · KN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac aspergilloma is exceptionally rare with only a handful of cases reported and majority of them being in immunocompromised patients. Here, we present a case of cardiac aspergilloma involving the right and left ventricle in an immunocompetent patient that initially presented with acute limb ischemia. He was later found to have a cardiac mass with histopathological diagnosis confirming Aspergillus species. Despite aggressive medical and surgical interventions, the patient had an unfavorable outcome due to low suspicion of invasive fungal endocarditis given his immunocompetent status. Cardiac aspergilloma should remain in the differential diagnosis of immunocompetent patients as early clinical suspicion will result in early treatment and decreased mortality. Novel therapies are required to decrease mortality in the future from this fatal disease.

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aspergillomaaspergilluscardiac aspergillomacerebral emboliimmunocompetentinfective endocarditis

Identifiers

PMID31367502
PMCPMC6666845
OpenAlexW2946847977

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