Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases (Aug 2014)

Chronic Granulomatous Aspergillus Synovitis: A Case Report

  • Aylin Canbolat Ayhan,
  • Korhan Ozkan,
  • Cetin Timur,
  • Birol Aktas,
  • Ayşe Bahar Ceyran

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1

Abstract

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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.