CEREBRAL ASPERGILLOSIS PRESENTING AS A SPACE OCCUPYING LESION OF THE BRAIN

Cerebral Aspergillosis

Authors

  • Muhammad Tariq Combined Military Hopsital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
  • Faheem Ul Hassan, Combined Military Hopsital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
  • Maryam Ijaz Combined Military Hopsital Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan

Keywords:

Aspergillosis, Space occupying lesion, Voriconazole.

Abstract

Aspergillosis is one of the important causes of life threatening fungal infections in immunocompromised patients.We report the case of a 47 year old asthmatic female patient taking steroid inhalers who presented with headache and change in personality. Her computerized tomographic (CT) scan of brain revealed a space occupying lesion (SOL) in frontal lobes. Excisional biopsy of the lesion revealed aspergillosis. She was treated with voriconazole to which she responded well.

 

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Published

30-12-2017

Issue

Vol. 67 No. 6 (2017): December

Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

1.
Tariq M, Ul Hassan, F, Ijaz M. CEREBRAL ASPERGILLOSIS PRESENTING AS A SPACE OCCUPYING LESION OF THE BRAIN: Cerebral Aspergillosis. Pak Armed Forces Med J [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 23];67(6):1094-95. Available from: https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/1142