Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, 71103, USA; Corresponding author. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport, LA, 71103, USA.
Neerja Gulati
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, 71103, USA
Curvularia rarely causes human infections despite its ubiquity in the environment. It is most associated with allergic diseases such as chronic sinusitis and allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis; however, causing a lung mass is rarely reported in the literature. We describe an interesting case of a 57-year-old man with a history of asthma and localized prostate cancer diagnosed with a Curvularia-caused lung mass that responded quickly to itraconazole.
