Atypical invasive aspergillosis in a neutropenic child.
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is an aggressive disease with a high mortality rate requiring a high index of clinical suspicion in susceptible patients. We report an atypical presentation of IA, not previously published. A 2-year-old girl with underlying neuroblastoma developed IA, which manifested as fungal pneumonia associated with an intrabronchial polypoid mass.
Nyman
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Respiratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London,UK.
Peters
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Jaffe
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Sonnappa
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D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001231:Aspergillus flavus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography