Curvularia rarely causes human infections despite its ubiquity in the environment. It is most associated with allergic diseases such as chronic sinusitis and allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis; however, causing a lung mass is rarely reported in the literature. We describe an interesting case of a 57-year-old man with a history of asthma and localized prostate cancer diagnosed with a Curvularia-caused lung mass that responded quickly to itraconazole.
Keywords: Curvularia; Dematiaceous fungi; Itraconazole.
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