This study reports a rare case of an Aspergillus infection of the thoracolumbar vertebral body in a chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma patient.We report a hepatocellular carcinoma patient who present...This study reports a rare case of an Aspergillus infection of the thoracolumbar vertebral body in a chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma patient.We report a hepatocellular carcinoma patient who presented with a 3-month history of lumbago after liver transcatheter arterial chemoembolization,and was finally diagnosed with a pulmonary and thoracolumbar vertebral body Aspergillus infection after diagnostic antifungal treatment for 1year.This case suggests that diagnostic antifungal therapy is of great significance for patients with clinically suspected Aspergillus infections when it is difficult to obtain tissue specimens for determined diagnosis.展开更多
基金supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Health Project(2020KY715).
文摘This study reports a rare case of an Aspergillus infection of the thoracolumbar vertebral body in a chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma patient.We report a hepatocellular carcinoma patient who presented with a 3-month history of lumbago after liver transcatheter arterial chemoembolization,and was finally diagnosed with a pulmonary and thoracolumbar vertebral body Aspergillus infection after diagnostic antifungal treatment for 1year.This case suggests that diagnostic antifungal therapy is of great significance for patients with clinically suspected Aspergillus infections when it is difficult to obtain tissue specimens for determined diagnosis.
