Invasive Aspergillus flavus sinusitis: case report in a patient with biphenotypic acute leukemia.
Here we report a case of invasive pansinusitis with proptosis of the right eye caused by Aspergillus flavus in an immunocompromised patient with acute biphenotypic leukemia without aggressive therapy response.
Xavier
Melissa Orzechowski
MO
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Oliveira
Flávio de Mattos
Fde M
Almeida
Valdir de
Vd
Prolla
Gabriel
G
Severo
Luiz Carlos
LC
D000293:Adolescent; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001231:Aspergillus flavus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015456:Leukemia, Biphenotypic, Acute / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*