Pulmonary mucormycosis with cervical lymph node involvement in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia: a case report

Here we describe a rare case of pulmonary mucormycosis and simultaneous cervical lymphadenitis in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia. The patient was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B. The diagnosis of Mucor is very difficult, especially in severely immunocompromised patients. T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mycoses 2008-07, Vol.51 (4), p.354-356
Hauptverfasser: Fanci, Rosa, Pecile, Patrizia, Di Lollo, Simonetta, Dini, Catia, Bosi, Alberto
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Here we describe a rare case of pulmonary mucormycosis and simultaneous cervical lymphadenitis in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia. The patient was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B. The diagnosis of Mucor is very difficult, especially in severely immunocompromised patients. This report seems to be the first case about documented lymph node involvement by mucormycosis in humans.
ISSN:0933-7407
1439-0507
DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01494.x