A 37-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis underwent double lung transplantation. She developed disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum infection 2 similar to months after surgery. Along with multiple brain abscesses, lung infection, and chorioretinitis, a cardiac echo revealed 2 large intra-atrial mycetomas floating close to the right upper pulmonary vein orifice. The mycetomas were removed through a trans-atrial approach under cardiopulmonary by pass; histology and cultures confirmed the diagnosis. Despite intensive treatment, the patient succumbed from massive brain hemorrhage on the 10th postoperative day.
Scedosporium apiospermum atrial mycetomas after lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis / Miraldi, Fabio; Anile, Marco; Federico, Ruberto; Tritapepe, Luigi; F., Puglese; Quattrucci, Serena; T., Messina; Vitolo, Domenico; Venuta, Federico. - In: TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE. - ISSN 1398-2273. - STAMPA. - 14:2(2012), pp. 188-191. [10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00679.x]
Scedosporium apiospermum atrial mycetomas after lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis
MIRALDI, Fabio;ANILE, MARCO;TRITAPEPE, Luigi;QUATTRUCCI, Serena;VITOLO, Domenico;VENUTA, Federico
2012
Abstract
A 37-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis underwent double lung transplantation. She developed disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum infection 2 similar to months after surgery. Along with multiple brain abscesses, lung infection, and chorioretinitis, a cardiac echo revealed 2 large intra-atrial mycetomas floating close to the right upper pulmonary vein orifice. The mycetomas were removed through a trans-atrial approach under cardiopulmonary by pass; histology and cultures confirmed the diagnosis. Despite intensive treatment, the patient succumbed from massive brain hemorrhage on the 10th postoperative day.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
