title: Successful surgical management of invasive aspergillosis of the pulmonary arteries.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pavia School of Medicine, Pavia, Italy. giorgiozanotti@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanotti
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicolardi
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morsolini
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maurelli
authors.forename: Eloisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arbustini
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dore
authors.forename: Andrea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: D'Armini
mesh_terms: 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