Bowel infarction as the initial manifestation of disseminated aspergillosis.
Disseminated aspergillosis in the immunocompromised patient most commonly presents with clinically apparent pulmonary involvement and roentgenographic infiltrates. We report a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia who developed bowel infarction due to gastrointestinal invasion of Aspergillus fumigatus as the initial manifestation of widespread fungal disease.
Cohen
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY.
Heffner
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D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male