Aspergillus fumigatus abscesses of the thyroid with obstruction of the esophagus. |
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| Authors: | Michael L Sion Melina C Armenaka Ioannis Georgiadis Georgios Paraskevopoulos Ioannis Nikolaidis |
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| Affiliation: | Third Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital G. Papanikolaou, School of Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. mision@med.auth.gr |
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Thyroid invasion by Aspergillus spp. can occur with invasive aspergillosis, although it is rarely diagnosed antemortem. We describe a case of multiple thyroid abscesses from A. fumigatus that caused esophageal obstruction in a patient with myelodysplasia. Despite aggressive antifungal treatment, the outcome was rapidly fatal. |
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