Abstract
Bladder aspergillosis is an unusual infection. We report the case of a 79-year-old man with clinical records of transitional cell carcinoma diagnosed 5 years ago. The presence of a fruiting body and septate hyphae in urine cytological smears were the key for a final diagnosis of fungal bladder infection caused by Aspergillus niger.
Keywords:
Aspergillus niger; bladder aspergillosis; urine cytology.
© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
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Aspergillosis / microbiology
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Aspergillosis / pathology
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Aspergillus / isolation & purification*
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Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / pathology*
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Fruiting Bodies, Fungal / isolation & purification*
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Histocytochemistry
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Humans
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Male
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Ultrasonography
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Urinalysis
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Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging
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Urinary Bladder / microbiology*
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Urinary Bladder / pathology
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology*