Effective treatment for rhinopulmonary mucormycosis in a boy with leukaemia.
Lymphoblastic leukaemia in a 3-year-old child was complicated by rhinopulmonary mucormycosis. This was successfully treated by surgical resection of the nasal mass, pulmonary lobectomy, combined with amphotericin.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*