Nasal‐alar invasive cutaneous aspergillosis in a patient with anaplastic astrocytoma: A case report

Abstract

Abstract Invasive aspergillosis is commonly encountered in immunosuppressed patients either primarily through direct inoculation or secondary from blood dissemination. This report describes a case of 53 years old immunocompromised female patient who was diagnosed with frontotemporal anaplastic astrocytoma and developed nasal skin lesion turned to be invasive cutaneous aspergillosis.

Keywords

• ala
• anaplastic astrocytoma
• Aspergillus
• invasive cutaneous aspergillosis