Lung mass caused by Phoma exigua

Evangelos Balis From the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, ‘Sotiria’ General and Chest Hospital, AthensCorrespondence?-mail: [email protected]

Aristea Velegraki Mycology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece

Archodula Fragou From the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, ‘Sotiria’ General and Chest Hospital, Athens

Angelos Pefanis From the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, ‘Sotiria’ General and Chest Hospital, Athens

Theodore Kalabokas Mycology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece

Theodore Mountokalakis From the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, ‘Sotiria’ General and Chest Hospital, Athens

Abstract

We describe a well documented case of a fatal Phoma exigua lung infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia and diabetes. The infection was histology and culture proven and a PCR assay was developed for detecting P. exigua DNA in deparaffinized lung-biopsy material. Confirmation of rare fungal pathogen infections requires a multidisciplinary approach involving clinical observations, mycology, histopathology and radiology.

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