Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case Report

Aspergillus can cause invasive disease of various organs especially in patients with weakened immune systems. Aspergillus synovitis and arthritis are uncommon types of involvement due to this infection. Approches to fungal osteoarticular infections are based on only case reports. This paper present...

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Main Authors: Aylin Canbolat Ayhan, Korhan Ozkan, Cetin Timur, Birol Aktas, Ayşe Bahar Ceyran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-08-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Online Access:https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1884
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spelling doaj-eb6f8474af424511949ddb64b681d7522020-11-25T03:19:17ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-08-011Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case ReportAylin Canbolat Ayhan0Korhan OzkanCetin TimurBirol AktasAyşe Bahar CeyranMedeniyet University Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul Aspergillus can cause invasive disease of various organs especially in patients with weakened immune systems. Aspergillus synovitis and arthritis are uncommon types of involvement due to this infection. Approches to fungal osteoarticular infections are based on only case reports. This paper presents a rare case of chronic granulomatous Aspergillus synovitis in an immunocompromised 5-year old girl who was treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1884
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author Aylin Canbolat Ayhan
Korhan Ozkan
Cetin Timur
Birol Aktas
Ayşe Bahar Ceyran
spellingShingle Aylin Canbolat Ayhan
Korhan Ozkan
Cetin Timur
Birol Aktas
Ayşe Bahar Ceyran
Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case Report
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
author_facet Aylin Canbolat Ayhan
Korhan Ozkan
Cetin Timur
Birol Aktas
Ayşe Bahar Ceyran
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title Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case Report
title_short Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case Report
title_full Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case Report
title_sort chronic granulomatous aspergillus synovitis: a case report
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
issn 2035-3006
publishDate 2014-08-01
description Aspergillus can cause invasive disease of various organs especially in patients with weakened immune systems. Aspergillus synovitis and arthritis are uncommon types of involvement due to this infection. Approches to fungal osteoarticular infections are based on only case reports. This paper presents a rare case of chronic granulomatous Aspergillus synovitis in an immunocompromised 5-year old girl who was treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
url https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1884
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