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  • Title: CT findings in hepatosplenic and renal candidiasis.
    Author: Shirkhoda A.
    Journal: J Comput Assist Tomogr; 1987; 11(5):795-8. PubMed ID: 3308988.
    Abstract:
    Fourteen patients with the diagnosis of leukemia and one with lymphoma developed systemic candidiasis. Involvement of the liver (15 patients), spleen (nine patients), and kidney (five patients) was diagnosed by clinical, CT, and pathologic findings. The CT findings ranged from low-density lesions (11 livers, nine spleens, and five kidneys) to hepatomegaly or hepatosplenomegaly. All livers and three kidneys had positive biopsy findings for Candida. Two patients with diffuse splenic lesions underwent splenectomy and were proven to have candidiasis. During a 1 year follow-up, two patients developed hepatic calcifications and one developed renal calcifications. In proper clinical setting, CT should be done for simultaneous evaluation of the liver, spleen, and kidneys. These studies, when positive, are useful to guide percutaneous or open biopsy and to follow the results of therapy. However, regardless of the hepatic CT finding, biopsy should be obtained to establish the diagnosis and begin proper treatment.
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