Aspergillosis

A rare infectious disease caused by inhalation of the opportunistic fungus <i>aspergillus</i> that can lead to the following manifestations: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), aspergilloma, chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (CNPA), and invasive aspergillosis (IA). Aspergilloma occurs in patients with cavitary lung disease and results in a fungal mass with variable clinical presentations from asymptomatic to life-threatening (massive hemoptysis). CNPA manifests as subacute pneumonia in patients with underlying disease. IA is disseminated aspergillosis that eventually invades other organs. Cutaneous aspergillosis is usually the dermatological manifestation of IA that manifests as erythematous-to-violaceous plaques or papules, often characterized by a central necrotic ulcer or eschar.

Carcinoma

A malignant tumor arising from epithelial cells. Carcinomas that arise from glandular epithelium are called adenocarcinomas, those that arise from squamous epithelium are called squamous cell carcinomas, and those that arise from transitional epithelium are called transitional cell carcinomas (NCI Thesaurus).


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PMID (PMCID)
29721133
(5927563)
 MALE Middle Aged
[The tree that hides the forest: aspergillosis associated with bronchial carcinoma (about two cases)].
Mrabet FZ, Soualhi M, Achrane J, Sabri Y, Hammi S, Marc K, Benamor J, Zahraoui R, Bourkadi JE.
Pan Afr Med J. 2017;28:302.
[The tree that hides the forest: aspergillosis associated with bronchial carcinoma (about two cases)].
26506978
(6074378)
 MALE Young Adult
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis presenting as thoracic mass causing obstruction of the superior and inferior vena cava in an immunocompetent patient: a diagnostic dilemma.
Bunkar Ml, Takhar RP, Arya S.
Ann Saudi Med. 2015;35(5):409-13.
A chest radiograph was suggestive of a thoracic mass raising suspicion of bronchogenic carcinoma/ benign mass, sarcoidosis and tuberculosis, but a diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis was established.
26234234
 MALE Middle Aged
Lung Carcinosarcoma Masked by Tracheobronchial Aspergillosis.
Zhou XM, Li P, Zhao L, Shi WJ.
Intern Med. 2015;54(15):1905-7.
Tracheobronchial aspergillosis may also mask endobronchial carcinoma, leading to difficulties in determining the diagnosis and selecting subsequent treatment.
23581249
 FEMALE
Primary gastrointestinal aspergillosis 6months after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a case report.
Mora D, Barba P, Ruiz I, Castillo N, Aizpurua M, Rosello E, Bosch F, Valcarcel D.
Transpl Infect Dis. 2013;15(3):E107-10.
We report herein a case of GI aspergillosis diagnosed in a living patient, off all systemic immunosuppression after an allo-HCT, who had undergone a permanent colostomy because of colon carcinoma 35years before hematological diagnosis.
22361774
 MALE
An unusual case of non-disseminated bladder aspergillosis in a setting of transitional cell carcinoma.
Siddappa S, Mythri KM, Kowsalya R, Shivalingaiah M.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2012;30(1):106-8.
An unusual case of non-disseminated bladder aspergillosis in a setting of transitional cell carcinoma.
22836941
 MALE
[Renal aspergilloma: first manifestation of an occult sarcomatoid carcinoma].
Sobel C, Franzaring I, Pullwitt J, Melchior S.
Urologe A. 2012;51(10):1444-6.
Thus, an aspergillosis was the initial manifestation of what had up to that point been an occult sarcomatous carcinoma.
20722257
 FEMALE
Pulmonary carcinoma in a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus).
Rettenmund C, Sladky KK, Rodriguez D, Petersen M, Pinkerton ME, Rao D.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 2010;41(1):77-82.
Although the clinical signs, physical examination results, radiographic signs, and gross pathology supported a diagnosis of mycotic infection, such as aspergillosis, histopathology confirmed pulmonary carcinoma with metastases to the air sacs and humerus.
19211176
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, or schneiderian carcinoma arising from an aspergillosis: a case history.
Ahossi V, Vincent S, Duvillard C.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009;47(4):316-7.
Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, or schneiderian carcinoma arising from an aspergillosis: a case history.
19211176
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, or schneiderian carcinoma arising from an aspergillosis: a case history.
Ahossi V, Vincent S, Duvillard C.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009;47(4):316-7.
Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, or schneiderian carcinoma arising from an aspergillosis: a case history.
17554984
 MALE Middle Aged
[Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung incidentally found at surgery for pulmonary aspergillosis].
Kishi K, Fujii T, Kurosaki A, Takaya H, Miyamoto A, Sakamoto S, Tsuboi E, Kohno T, Yoshimura K.
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2007;45(5):404-8.
[Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung incidentally found at surgery for pulmonary aspergillosis].
17554984
 MALE Middle Aged
[Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung incidentally found at surgery for pulmonary aspergillosis].
Kishi K, Fujii T, Kurosaki A, Takaya H, Miyamoto A, Sakamoto S, Tsuboi E, Kohno T, Yoshimura K.
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2007;45(5):404-8.
We report a 56-year-old man with pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) incidentally found at the surgery for pulmonary aspergillosis.
14759119
 MALE
Aspergillosis of the temporomandibular joint following irradiation of the parotid region: a case report.
Lo WL, Chang RC, Yang AH, Kao SY.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2003;32(5):560-2.
We report a case of aspergillosis in the right temporomandibular joint (TMJ) with a history of parotid carcinoma and post-irradiation otitis.
9465863
 MALE Adult
Pulmonary nodules in liver transplant recipients.
Paterson DL, Singh N, Gayowski T, Marino IR.
Medicine (Baltimore). 1998;77(1):50-8.
The underlying etiology included aspergillosis (3 cases), cryptococcosis (2), metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (1), posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (1), Staphylococcus aureus (1), squamous cell carcinoma (1), adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site (1), and undifferentiated carcinoma (1).
7854093
 FEMALE Middle Aged
[Hypopituitarism caused by colonic carcinoma metastasis associated with hypophysial aspergillosis].
Stalldecker G, Molina HA, Antelo N, Arakaki T, Sica RE, Basso A.
Medicina (B Aires). 1994;54(3):248-52.
[Hypopituitarism caused by colonic carcinoma metastasis associated with hypophysial aspergillosis].
7854093
 FEMALE Middle Aged
[Hypopituitarism caused by colonic carcinoma metastasis associated with hypophysial aspergillosis].
Stalldecker G, Molina HA, Antelo N, Arakaki T, Sica RE, Basso A.
Medicina (B Aires). 1994;54(3):248-52.
We describe a case of hypopituitarism and hyperprolactinemia in a patient with pituitary metastases of a colon carcinoma and aspergillosis.
8315905
 MALE Middle Aged
[A case report of cavitary bronchial carcinoma with intracavitary aspergillosis].
Tanaka H, Naruse H, Ito K, Nishiwaki N, Hirose M, Morishita M.
Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1993;31(3):360-3.
[A case report of cavitary bronchial carcinoma with intracavitary aspergillosis].
8315905
 MALE Middle Aged
[A case report of cavitary bronchial carcinoma with intracavitary aspergillosis].
Tanaka H, Naruse H, Ito K, Nishiwaki N, Hirose M, Morishita M.
Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1993;31(3):360-3.
Of 6 patients with cavitary bronchiolar carcinoma with intracavitary aspergillosis reported in Japan including this case, 3 were treated for aspergillus before operation because X-ray had revealed fungus ball shadow.
2554832
 MALE
Three opportunistic infections associated with ectopic corticotropin syndrome.
Sieber SC, Dandurand R, Gelfman N, Iannini P, Braza F.
Arch Intern Med. 1989;149(11):2589-91.
Cytomegalovirus pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and pulmonary and disseminated aspergillosis occurred simultaneously in a 66-year-old white man with oat cell carcinoma and ectopic corticotropin production.
6832763
 MALE Middle Aged
Primary aspergillosis of the larynx simulating carcinoma.
Kheir SM, Flint A, Moss JA.
Hum Pathol. 1983;14(2):184-6.
Primary aspergillosis of the larynx simulating carcinoma.
7259386
 MIXED_SAMPLE Middle Aged
Invasive aspergillosis complicating Cushing's syndrome.
Walsh TJ, Mendelsohn G.
Arch Intern Med. 1981;141(9):1227-8.
The other patient, who had an adrenocorticotrophic hormone-producing prostatic carcinoma, had pulmonary and disseminated aspergillosis develop.