Open AccessAspergillus infection causing cerebral aneurysm
Author(s) -
Moisés Heleno Vieira Braga,
Juliaves Ravanini,
Sérgio Rosemberg,
Maurício Mandel,
Bernardo Assunção de Mônaco
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de neurocirurgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6786
pISSN - 0103-5118
DOI - 10.22290/jbnc.v21i3.923
Subject(s) - aspergillus , immunocompetence , aspergillosis , disease , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , rare disease , biology , pathology , immunology , surgery , immune system , microbiology and biotechnology
Background: Aspergillosis infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a rare disease and corticosteroid use has increased the number of cases. It presents a high lethality rate and has to be aggressively treated. Methods: A review of literature was done and 38 cases were identified involving cerebral aneurysms caused by this fungus to date. Conclusion: Aspergillus infection is very rare worldwide but its frequency is currently in expansion because immunocompetence failure is growing up: it has no specific presentation, making diagnosis difficult. Its prognosis is poor, so the disease has to betreated as early as posible.