Fungal bezoars of the upper urinary tract

J Urol. 1990 Mar;143(3):447-51. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)39987-1.

Abstract

We report our experience with 6 cases of upper tract fungal bezoars involving 9 renal units-3 bilateral aspergillomas and 3 Candida bezoars. The Aspergillus bezoars were notably more morbid: 2 patients required nephrectomy after failure of medical therapy, whereas the 3 unilateral Candida bezoars all resolved with medical therapy and endourological access. In 1 patient whose aspergilloma was resistant to amphotericin B the investigational drug itraconazole proved effective. These opportunistic infections, seen increasingly in immunocompromised patients, can present a difficult management problem. A combined approach is necessary, including medical therapy with topical and systemic antifungal agents, and endourological access for extraction, lavage and debulking.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aspergillosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Aspergillosis* / pathology
  • Aspergillosis* / therapy
  • Bezoars* / diagnostic imaging
  • Bezoars* / etiology
  • Bezoars* / pathology
  • Bezoars* / therapy
  • Candidiasis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Candidiasis* / pathology
  • Candidiasis* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases* / pathology
  • Kidney Diseases* / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Ureteral Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Diseases* / pathology
  • Ureteral Diseases* / therapy