ECE2014 Poster Presentations Clinical case reports Thyroid/Others (72 abstracts)
Localized Aspergillus thyroiditis in patients with diabetic nephropathy
Elif Sahin Horasan 2 , Ramazan Gen 1 , Esen Akbay 1 , Yusuf Vayisoglu 4 & Ahmet Kıykım 3
1Mersin University Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mersin, Turkey; 2Mersin University Infection Disease, Mersin, Turkey; 3Mersin University Nephrology, Mersin, Turkey; 4Mersin University Otorhinolaryngology, Mersin, Turkey.
Aspergillosis is a major problem in immunosupressed patients. We report a 65-year-old male patient with chronic renal failure (CRF) due to diabetic nephropathy who had arthralgy, malaise and high C-reactive protein level. Chest computed tomography revealed that thyroid nodule in the left thyroid lobe. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid revelead thyroidal invasion of Aspergillus. High-resolution computed tomograghy (HRCT) of the chest showed no evidence of intrapulmonary fungal lesions. We started voriconazole treatment. After treatment with voriconazole, clinical and laboratory improvement was seen.
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