scholarly journals Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Following COVID-19 Mimicking Metastatic Thoracic Relapse of Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise F. Nassif ◽  
Nolan Maloney ◽  
Anthony P. Conley ◽  
Emily Z. Keung

Introduction: COVID-19 is associated with immune dysregulation which may increase susceptibility to atypical infectious diseases, particularly in the vulnerable cancer patient population. Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal infection which presents with mild-to-moderate pneumonia in most cases.Case Presentation: The presented case is a 67-year-old woman living in the southwestern United States who is under close observation for well-differentiated liposarcoma of the abdominal wall. She presented with persistent cough and fatigue following COVID-19 infection. Imaging revealed new pulmonary nodules, a chest wall mass and bone lesions. The imaging appearance of these lesions was consistent with metastatic disease, although distant metastasis is not typical in well-differentiated liposarcoma. Biopsy of the chest wall mass revealed granulomatous fungal infection and serology was positive for coccidioidomycosis. At the time of diagnosis, the patient was lymphopenic, possibly a sequela of recent COVID-19 infection and which may have contributed to the development of her atypical disseminated form of coccidioidomycosis. Patient was treated with fluconazole for the coccidioidomycosis and continued observation for mild progression of the liposarcoma. On follow-up imaging, the chest wall mass and lung nodules have decreased in size and the patient remains on antifungal treatment. There has been no further increase in the liposarcoma mass.Conclusion: COVID-19 may be associated with increased risk of atypical forms of infectious diseases in cancer patients, which physicians should be aware of before giving systemic treatments for cancer. In endemic regions, co-infection by coccidioidomycosis should be suspected in cases of persistent symptoms after COVID-19 infection.

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 101725
Author(s):  
Danny Lascano ◽  
Michael J. Zobel ◽  
Abigail K. Zamora ◽  
Murad Alturkustani ◽  
Shengmei Zhou ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
pp. bcr2016214797
Author(s):  
Ku Hung Hsieh ◽  
Grace Tan Hwei Ching ◽  
Angela Chong Phek Yoon ◽  
Melissa Teo

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-212
Author(s):  
Divya Ragate ◽  
Charanpreet Singh ◽  
Navneet Arora ◽  
Arihant Jain ◽  
Deepesh Lad ◽  
...  

CHEST Journal ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 1692-1694
Author(s):  
George S. Stoica ◽  
Harry N. Steinberg ◽  
Leonard J. Rossoff

Author(s):  
Jakob M Domm ◽  
Joanne M Langley

Empyema necessitans (EN) is a rare but dangerous complication of a lower respiratory tract infection. The diagnosis can be difficult to make and therefore delayed. We describe a case of a child with an atypical presentation of EN. He was afebrile and without chest pain and presented with a palpable chest wall mass after a history of recent respiratory infection. The threshold of suspicion for EN should be low, and it must be suspected in all children with a chest wall mass and recent history of respiratory infection.


2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_6) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Reid ◽  
F Alakhras Aljanadi ◽  
R Beattie ◽  
A Graham

Abstract Aim We aim to present here a case of a painless anterior chest wall mass which was first noted during routine follow up post coronary artery bypass graft surgery Case presentation An 80-year-old male developed an asymptomatic slow growing pronounced swelling over the right anterior chest wall post CABG. His other past medical history includes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, ischaemic heart disease, an AICD for complete heart block, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and osteoarthritis. A CT scan demonstrated a 10 x 12 x 6.5 cm subcutaneous lesion at the mid-line of the lower chest wall adjacent to the xiphisternum and the previous sternotomy site. On clinical examination there was a large non-tender cystic swelling with peripheral calcifications, but overlying skin was normal. Fluid was aspirated from the lesion and cytology showed a paucicellular specimen with features in keeping with seroma. Due to the progressive increase in size patient underwent surgical resection. A gelatinous bloody fluid was aspirated from the lesion and it was then resected enbloc. The tumour base appeared to arise from 6/7th costal cartilage and tumour was shaved away. The mass was confirmed histologically to be chondrosarcoma. Conclusions Given the uncommon prevalence of malignant primary chest wall tumours this case highlights the importance of high clinical suspicion even after developing post CABG.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Frederico Ferreira Souza ◽  
Mauricio De Angelo Andrade ◽  
Andrew Smith ◽  
Daniel B. Dei Santi

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