Association between a Primitive Brain Tumor and Cerebral Aspergillosis | Zendy

Siegfried Hélage | Zendy; Charles Duyckaerts | Zendy; Danielle Seilhean | Zendy; JeanJacques Hauw | Zendy; J. Chiras | Zendy

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Association between a Primitive Brain Tumor and Cerebral Aspergillosis

Author(s) -

Siegfried Hélage,

Charles Duyckaerts,

Danielle Seilhean,

JeanJacques Hauw,

J. Chiras

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/748202

Subject(s) - medicine , aspergillosis , radiation therapy , chemoradiotherapy , antifungal , complication , pathology , glioma , central nervous system , radiology , surgery , dermatology , immunology , cancer research

Cerebral aspergillosis is a rare pathology of poor prognosis in spite of the use of adapted antifungal treatments. This infection of the central nervous system is generally the complication of an invasive aspergillosis with hematogenic scattering from pulmonary focal spots. It can arise in immunocompetent patients treated with prolonged corticotherapy or chemoradiotherapy for cancer. A case of lethal cerebral aspergillosis in a patient with an infiltrative glioma treated with corticotherapy and radiotherapy is reported. Clinicopathological aspects and therapeutic approach are described.

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