title: Spinal osteomyelitis due to Aspergillus flavus in a child: a rare complication after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
abstract: We report the case of a child affected by acute myeloid leukaemia who was treated with allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and developed cervicothoracic spinal osteomyelitis due to Aspergillus flavus. The diagnosis was difficult on a clinical basis, but made possible by conventional radiography and MRI.
authors.affiliation: Section of Paediatric Radiology, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico "S.Matteo", Viale C. Golgi 19, I-27100 Pavia PV, Italy. g.beluffi@smatteo.pv.it
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beluffi
authors.forename: Maria Ester
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bernardo
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spinazzola
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Locatelli
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D001231:Aspergillus flavus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012008:Recurrence; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology