A Schizophyllum commune fungus ball in a lung cancer cavity: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Schizophyllum commune is a basidiomycete that lives in the environment and can cause infections, mainly those of the respiratory system. Although S. commune is increasingly reported as a cause of allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis and sinusitis, cases of fungal ball formation are extremely uncommon. Identification of S. commune is difficult using routine mycological diagnostic methods, and in clinically suspicious cases, internal transcribed spacer sequencing should be used for diagnosis. Here, we report a first case of lung cancer with a fungal ball formation of S. commune, confirmed by analyzing the internal transcribed spacer.

Case presentation

A 76-year-old man with diabetes and hypertension was admitted to the hospital with a chief complaint of hemosputum, whi

SUBMITTER: Itoh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502358 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature