Aspergillus Infection of the Thoracolumbar Vertebral Body in a Chronic Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patient: A Case Report. Issue 2 (8th June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Jing; Gao, Yi-Dan; Jiang, Yan-Ming; Wang, Jie; Li, Ge; Zhou, Xiang; Zhu, Qian-Ru; Chen, Gong-Ying
• Editors: Chen, Zhi
• Is Part Of: Infectious microbes & diseases. Volume 4:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 75
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2022-06-08
• Subjects: thoracolumbar vertebral body -- Aspergillus -- hepatocellular carcinoma; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases; Medical microbiology; Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000087
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2096-7241

Abstract

Abstract : This study reports a rare case of an Aspergillus infection of the thoracolumbar vertebral body in a chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma patient. We report a hepatocellular carcinoma patient who presented with a 3-month history of lumbago after liver transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, and was finally diagnosed with a pulmonary and thoracolumbar vertebral body Aspergillus infection after diagnostic antifungal treatment for 1 year. This case suggests that diagnostic antifungal therapy is of great significance for patients with clinically suspected Aspergillus infections when it is difficult to obtain tissue specimens for determined diagnosis.