[Zygomycosis following liver transplantation in adults: report of three cases].
We report three cases of zygomycosis following liver transplant in a series of 300 patients. Diagnosis was determined via anatomicopathological examination (on necropsy in two cases and during surgery in one case). The disease had different manifestations: rhinomaxillary, gastrointestinal and, in one case, it compromised the liver artery anastomosis. In this case, surgical removal of the affected region and use of amphotericin B achieved resolution.
Brandão
Ajacio
A
Grupo de Transplante Hepático do Hospital Dom Vicente Scherer da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS. txhepatico@santacasa.tche.br
Marroni
Claudio Augusto
CA
Cerski
Carlos Thadeu
CT
Gleisner
Ana Luiza
AL
Zanotelli
Maria Lúcia
ML
Cantisani
Guido
G
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B