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Fatal necrotizing Candida esophagitis in a patient with leukocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis and ankylosing spondylitis

Mario Luiz Marques Piubelli; Aloisio Felipe-Silva; Marcia Yoshie Kanegae; Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos

http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2018.070 Autops Case Rep, vol.9, n2, e2018070, 2019
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Abstract

Esophageal infection by Candida spp. is a common opportunistic entity in immunocompromised hosts; however, systemic fungal dissemination due to perforation or transmural necrosis, also known as necrotizing Candida esophagitis (NCE), is rare. We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient with diagnosed ankylosing spondylitis, severe arteriosclerosis, and vasculitis under immunosuppressive therapy who presented NCE with fungal and bacterial septicemia diagnosed at autopsy. Necrotizing esophagitis is a rare manifestation of Candida infection, which may be a final complication in severely ill patients. Unfortunately, it may be underdiagnosed, and we call attention to this devastating complication in patients with leukocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis and ankylosing spondylitis.

Keywords

Necrosis, Esophagitis, Candidiasis, Invasive, Mycoses

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