title: Gastrointestinal phycomycosis in acute nonlymphatic leukemia.
abstract: A 37-year-old patient with acute nonlymphatic leukemia developed gastrointestinal phycomycosis during failure in bone marrow production. The clinical presentation was of acute typhlitis. Laparotomy revealed a necrotic mass in the region of the iliocecal valve, and on histologic examination hyphae of phycomycetes with invasion of the blood vessels were seen. The patient died as a result of widespread infection.
authors: Department of Medicine, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Mozes
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Pines
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Segev
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Horowitz
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Goldschmied-Reouven
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Douer
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Ben-Bassat
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005847:Geotrichosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005848:Geotrichum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology