Successful surgical management of invasive aspergillosis of the pulmonary arteries.
We describe an 11-year-old girl with severe obstruction of the main pulmonary arteries caused by invasive aspergillosis and managed with combined pulmonary endarterectomy and antimycotic treatment.
Zanotti
Giorgio
G
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pavia School of Medicine, Pavia, Italy. giorgiozanotti@hotmail.com
Nicolardi
Salvatore
S
Morsolini
Marco
M
Maurelli
Marco
M
Arbustini
Eloisa
E
Dore
Roberto
R
D'Armini
Andrea M
AM
D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000453:epidemiology; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed