PMID: 8587813Jan 1, 1996Paper

Disseminated mucormycosis: report of a successfully treated immunosuppressed child with clinical, radiographic and pathological findings

Pediatric Radiology
L CelgowA J Sacks

Abstract

Disseminated mucormycosis is an uncommon condition with a high mortality rate and is infrequently diagnosed ante mortem. It is most frequently seen in immunosuppressed patients who are at risk for other unusual infections. The radiological features are not specific. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl in second haematological remission who was successfully treated for a brain abscess due to cerebral mucormycosis and for mucormycosis of the kidney which presented as a pyelonephritis. In her first haematological remission she was diagnosed as having a non-specific pneumonitis, which in retrospect may have been due to mucormycosis. Early diagnosis and appropriate management are associated with improved prognosis and require an awareness of the infection and a high index of suspicion.

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Oct 27, 2009·Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology·Walter DehorityAlice Pong
Oct 3, 2006·BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine·Prasenjit MannaParames C Sil
Sep 7, 2007·Pathology, Research and Practice·Katsuya ChinenYasunori Fujioka
Nov 15, 2016·Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology·Thorbjørn S R JensenUlrikka Nygaard

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