Lacrimal sac Aspergillosis Masquerading as Malignancy: A Rare Case Report

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Jun;76(3):2833-2836. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-04346-4. Epub 2024 Feb 6.

Abstract

Invasive fungal infections are uncommon in an immunocompetent host and pose a real diagnostic dilemma. As they have a propensity for locoregional destruction, clinic-radiological findings can mislead to a faulty diagnosis of a malignancy. Here we present a case of Primary Aspergillus dacryocystitis in an immunocompetent individual initially thought to be an orbital malignancy until the histopathological examination.

Keywords: Chronic granulomatous fungal infections; Fungal dacryocystitis; Fungal sinusitis; Invasive aspergillosis; Lacrimal sac aspergillosis; Voriconazole.