First report of chronic invasive fungal rhinosinusitis in a patient with ovarian cancer caused by Didymella pedeiae and successful treatment with voriconazole: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Didymella pedeiae is a dematiaceous fungus that belongs to the Coelomycetes class. While species within this class are known to cause human infection,  D. pedeiae had previously only been known as phytopathogens and had never been isolated from a human sample.

Case report

A 51-year-old Iranian female patient with ovarian cancer was admitted with unilateral lesions in paranasal sinuses and a five-month history of nasal obstruction, headache, postnasal drainage, swelling on the left side of the face, and orbital pain. Paranasal sinus computerized tomography scan revealed a soft tissue mass that filled the left nasal cavity, ethmoid, sphenoid, and frontal sinuses with more involvement in the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses. Antifungal treatmen

SUBMITTER: Raiesi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8443882 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature