Cardiac mucormycosis with T-cell immunodeficiency.
We present a case of a 2 year old apparently healthy child who presented with fever and mass on the mitral valve. Excision histopathology of the mass revealed mucormycosis. After 4 months, she had CNS embolisation with recurrence of cardiac lesion when investigations revealed associated T-cell immunodeficiency.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, India. sejalshahsuresh@yahoo.com
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D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D007223:Infant; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole