ISSN:
1432-0584
Keywords:
Key words Zygomycosis
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Fungal infections
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Acute leukemia
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Chromosomal abnormalities
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Ogilvie's syndrome
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The case report of a 61 year-old man with AML M2 FAB, t(1; 13; 14) and zygomycotic mesenterial thromboangiitis is presented. Two induction cycles of chemotherapy were administered due to primary drug resistance. They were complicated by pneumonia, colonic pseudo-obstruction and perforation with peritonitis. The patient died on the 40th day of therapy, 4 days after undergoing palliative surgery. Zygomycotic thromboangiitis, which very probably contributed to the intestinal perforation, was confirmed morphologically at necropsy. The novel complex chromosomal translocation t(1; 13; 14) (q31; q32; q24) and the problems connected with the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002770050227
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