Nasal‐alar invasive cutaneous aspergillosis in a patient with anaplastic astrocytoma: A case report.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Aljariri, Adham A.; Shaikh, Ahmed; Nashwan, Abdulqadir J.; Petkar, Mahir A.; Ganesan, Shanmugam
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports. Apr2021, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p2295-2299. 5p.
- Subject
- *ASPERGILLOSIS
*ASTROCYTOMAS
*PULMONARY aspergillosis
*IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients
*WOMEN patients
*VACCINATION
- Language
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Invasive aspergillosis is commonly encountered in immunosuppressed patients either primarily through direct inoculation or secondary from blood dissemination. This report describes a case of 53 years old immunocompromised female patient who was diagnosed with frontotemporal anaplastic astrocytoma and developed nasal skin lesion turned to be invasive cutaneous aspergillosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]