Chronic Invasive Sinus Aspergillosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Case in Point
Sandeep K. Johar, DO, Praveen Kandula, MD, Lawrence Samkoff, MD, and E. Jackson Allison, Jr., MD, MPH
Dr. Johar is an emergency medicine resident at State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse. Dr. Kandula is an internal medicine resident and Dr. Samkoff is an attending physician in the department of neurology, both at Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY. Dr. Allison is the chief of staff at the VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York at Syracuse and an associate dean and professor of emergency medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
When this fungal infection, which most frequently strikes patients with compromised immune systems, eludes diagnosis and prompt intervention, it can have devastating consequences.