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Pulmonary fungal infection with hyalohyphomycosis associated with zygomycosis and Actinomyces spp. in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis / Infecção fúngica pulmonar por hialo-hifomicose associada a zigomicose e Actinomyces spp. em paciente com espondilite anquilosante
Azevedo, Valderílio Feijó; Felippe, Lúcio Ricardo Hiurko; Silva, Larissa Luvison Gomes da; Parchen, Carlos Frederico Rodrigues.
  • Azevedo, Valderílio Feijó; PUC-PR. Curitiba. BR
  • Felippe, Lúcio Ricardo Hiurko; s.af
  • Silva, Larissa Luvison Gomes da; s.af
  • Parchen, Carlos Frederico Rodrigues; s.af
Rev. bras. reumatol ; 49(5): 630-637, set.-out. 2009. ilus
Article in English, Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-531526
RESUMO
A espondilite anquilosante (EA) pode cursar com manifestações extra-articulares e, dentre elas, as pulmonares. A fibrose nos ápices pulmonares ocorre em até 30 por cento dos casos e as formações císticas são menos frequentes e observadas em casos avançados. A colonização dessas cavidades é uma complicação rara. Um paciente com diagnóstico de EA desde 1998, com comprometimento axial, histórico de tuberculose pulmonar tratada em 2002 e 2007, evoluiu com um quadro de aspergilose bilateral em ápices pulmonares associada à zigomicose e Actinomyces spp. Havia sido internado para investigar queixa de emagrecimento, sudorese noturna, tosse produtiva e lesão nos ápices pulmonares. Foi submetido a tratamento cirúrgico de lobectomia de lobo pulmonar superior direito, após identificação de bola fúngica nos ápices pulmonares nas radiografias e tomografias, comprovados por exames de fibrobroncoscopia e biópsia com exame anatomopatológico. Evoluiu sem expansão pulmonar direita, foi submetido à nova fibrobroncoscopia que sugeriu oclusão do brônquio lobar médio. Uma nova toracotomia não confirmou o achado da fibrobroncoscopia. Permaneceu sem expansão pulmonar direita, evoluiu com choque séptico refratário ao tratamento e ao óbito.
ABSTRACT
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can be associated with extra-articular manifestations, among which we find pulmonary disorders. Fibrosis of the pulmonary apices is seen in up to 30 percent of the cases, and cyst formation is less common, being seen in advanced cases. Colonization of those cavities is a rare complication. A patient with a diagnosis of AS since 1998 with axial involvement and history of pulmonary tuberculosis treated in 2002 and 2007, developed bilateral aspergillosis of the pulmonary apices associated with zygomycosis and Actinomyces spp. The patient had been hospitalized to investigate complaints of weight loss, nocturnal diaphoresis, productive cough, and lesion in both lung apices. He was submitted to right upper pulmonary lobectomy after identification of a fungus ball on chest X-ray and CT scan, which was confirmed by a fibrobronchoscopy and biopsy for anatomopathological exam. The patient evolved without expansion of the right lung and underwent another fibrobronchoscopy that suggested occlusion of the middle lobar bronchus. Repeat thoracotomy did not confirm the findings of the last fibrobronchoscopy, but the right lung failed to expand. The patient developed septic shock refractory to treatment and died.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Actinomyces / Actinomycosis / Zygomycosis / Lung Diseases, Fungal Type of study: Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans / Male Language: English / Portuguese Journal: Rev. bras. reumatol Journal subject: Rheumatology Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: PUC-PR/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Actinomyces / Actinomycosis / Zygomycosis / Lung Diseases, Fungal Type of study: Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans / Male Language: English / Portuguese Journal: Rev. bras. reumatol Journal subject: Rheumatology Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: PUC-PR/BR