CASE REPORTS  THORACIC SECTION 

The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 April;44(2):267-9

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language: English

Aortic ruptured following lung resection in invasive aspergillosis

Silistreli E. ¹, Çatalyürek H. ¹, Erdal C. ¹, Açikel Ü. ¹, Kargi A. ²

¹ Department of Thoracic of Cardiovascular Surgery Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine, Balcova, Izmir, Turkey 2 Department of Pathology Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine Balcova, Izmir, Turkey

Invasive pul­mo­nary asper­gil­lo­sis, ­although ­rare in ­the gen­er­al pop­u­la­tion, ­can ­prove to be an impor­tant ­cause of mor­bid­ity ­and mor­tal­ity in immu­nu­sup­pressed ­patients. In ­this ­paper we rep­re­sent a ­case of aor­tic rup­ture ­for a fun­gal inva­sion of ­the aor­ta ­after a pul­mo­nary resec­tion pro­ce­dure. Although a ­few cas­es ­are doc­u­ment­ed in ­the lit­er­a­ture, we ­report ­our expe­ri­ence to ­make ­our col­leagues ­aware of ­this com­pli­ca­tion.