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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 30
| Issue : 1 | Page : 106-108 |
An unusual case of non-disseminated bladder aspergillosis in a setting of transitional cell carcinoma
S Siddappa1, KM Mythri2, R Kowsalya3, M Shivalingaiah4
1 Department of Pathology, Institute of Nephrourology, Victoria Hospital Campus, Bangalore - 560002, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Microbiology, Institute of Nephrourology, Victoria Hospital Campus, Bangalore - 560002, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Nephrourology, Victoria Hospital Campus, Bangalore - 560002, Karnataka, India
4 Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Victoria Hospital Campus, Bangalore - 560002, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
S Siddappa
Department of Pathology, Institute of Nephrourology, Victoria Hospital Campus, Bangalore - 560002, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.93071
A bladder infection of Aspergillus with no evidence of dissemination is rare. We present a case of Aspergillus infection with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder without any evidence of systemic involvement. A 65-year-old male diabetic whose main complaints were intermittent painful haematuria and nocturia had undergone nephroureterectomy a year and a half back for transitional cell carcinoma of right renal pelvis. Cystoscopy revealed bladder mucosa having fixed broad tumour with encrustation and bleeding on touch at the right vesico-ureteric junction. The histopathologic diagnosis was a high-grade transitional carcinoma with Aspergillus infection. Fungal culture of urine obtained after bladder wash yielded Aspergillus fumigatus.
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