Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology
Abstract
Aspergillus infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is
an uncommon disease. Most of the reported cases are of sinocranial
spread and cases with contiguous spread to spinal cord from lung and
other organs are uncommon. A case of pulmonary aspergillosis with
extension to thoracic vertebrae forming a paraspinal mass resulting in
neurological deficit due to Aspergillus flavus , is reported.
The 43 year old patient did not have any obvious predisposing
condition. He presented with loss of motor function and succumbed to
the infection despite operative intervention and antifungal therapy. A
brief update on CNS aspergillosis is presented along with detailed
clinical, radiological and laboratory work up of the patient