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Mycotic (Aspergillus) Arteritis Resulting in Fatal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Case Report

Alan H.C. Lau

Hypertensive Care Unit, Kyushu Rosai Hospital

Moiriyuki Takeshita

Institute of Industrial Medicine, Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Labour Welfare Corporation

Nobuyoshi Ishii

Department of Pathology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan

A seventy-one year-old Japanese man suffering from carcinoma of the com mon bile duct died from subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary in intracranial mycotic arteritis (MA). Repeated cultures of the discharge from the draining tubes, the tip of intravenous hyperalimentation catheters, blood, sputum, and urine failed to grow any fungus. Autopsy disclosed MA due to Aspergillus at the terminal portion of the right internal carotid artery close to the posterior commu nicating artery.

Angiology, Vol. 42, No. 3, 251-255 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979104200310
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