Airway-centered invasive pulmonary aspergillosis featuring histopathologic fruiting bodies in an immunocompetent patient with a rare incidental finding of thyroid gland Schwannoma: a case report
This case highlights the importance of considering IPA as a differential diagnosis in immunocompetent individuals with relevant environmental exposures and preexisting lung conditions, even in the absence of classic immunosuppressive risk factors.
Authors
- Zaraq Rashid Khan
- Sundal Aziz
- Imad Majeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-3763)
- Forest W. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9279-2046)
Institutions
- Northwest General Hospital and Research Center (PK)
- University of Louisville Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10694-z
- Primary Topic
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00