Invasive Aspergillus infection localized to the gastric wall: report of a case

Invasive aspergillosis is most commonly seen in patients with immune disorders and usually in the lung. Local invasive aspergillosis of the gastrointestinal system is quite rare. A 13-year-old female without immune deficiency presented with acute abdomen due to full-thickness necrosis of the gastric...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2013-06, Vol.43 (6), p.682-684
Main Authors: Karaman, Ibrahim, Karaman, Ayşe, Boduroğlu, Esin Cengiz, Erdoğan, Derya, Tanır, Gönül
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Aspergillosis - etiology
Aspergillosis - pathology
Aspergillosis - surgery
Case Report
Female
Gastric Mucosa - microbiology
Gastric Mucosa - pathology
Gastric Mucosa - surgery
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Stomach Diseases - etiology
Stomach Diseases - pathology
Stomach Diseases - surgery
Stomach Ulcer - complications
Stomach Ulcer - pathology
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Invasive aspergillosis is most commonly seen in patients with immune disorders and usually in the lung. Local invasive aspergillosis of the gastrointestinal system is quite rare. A 13-year-old female without immune deficiency presented with acute abdomen due to full-thickness necrosis of the gastric fundus. The necrotic gastric wall was excised and the stomach repaired. The pathology revealed a gastric ulcer with invading Aspergillus hyphae and spores. Aspergillosis is an opportunistic infection and its spores cannot survive in the normal gastric mucosa. The Aspergillus spores in this case probably grew on a background of gastric ulcer and caused wall necrosis and that the surgical treatment possibly provided a cure because it remained localized to the gastric wall.
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-012-0255-0