title: Primary invasive aspergillosis with disseminated intravascular coagulation as a presenting feature of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a life-threatening infection. IA is usually seen in severely immunocompromised patients. However, IA as a presenting feature of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is rare. The patient we describe had no signs or symptoms of lymphoma prior to hospital admission. A. fumigatus was isolated from respiratory tract specimens on the day of admission and fungal elements were detected on autopsy. Isolation of Aspergillus in patients with severe sepsis should trigger a search haematological malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balsitis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Maha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elgoweini
authors.affiliation: Infection Unit, University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Clinical Mycology Reference Laboratory, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gillian S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Shankland
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paxton
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Abhijit M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bal
keywords: Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Invasive Aspergillosis; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma