title: [Two cases of hematological malignancies diagnosed before death as aspergillosis with skin lesion].
abstract: We report two cases of aspergillosis with skin lesions. The first involved a 63-year-old female with acute lymphocytic leukemia. In 1992, she received chemotherapy for acute leukemia. Subsequently, she noted swelling of her leg, a skin biopsy was performed and Aspergillus flavus was isolated. The second patient was a 71-year-old male with myelodysplastic syndrome. In 1996, he developed a massive inguinal abscess from which Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated. The prognosis of aspergillosis was poorer in the case with skin swelling than in the one with a massive abscess.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bessho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001231:Aspergillus flavus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*