Successful treatment of invasive gastric mucormycosis in a child with systemic lupus erythematosus.
We describe a child with systemic lupus erythematosus and invasive gastric mucormycosis, who was successfully treated with aggressive antifungal therapy and a unique interventional radiology procedure.
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Seattle Children's Hospital, Pediatric Rheumatology Division, Seattle, WA, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*