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Fulminant pulmonary Aspergillus infection occluding the aortic arch after high‐dose antileukemic chemotherapy
Author(s) -
KluinNelemans J. C.,
Koelma I. A.,
Van Merwe P. C. Der,
Peetermans W. E. C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19910615)67:12<3123::aid-cncr2820671230>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic arch , chemotherapy , thrombus , aspergillosis , pneumonia , surgery , fulminant , occlusion , cardiology , aorta , immunology
After antileukemic chemotherapy a granulocytopenic patient experienced a rapidly progressive left‐sided pneumonia with pleuritic pain. After 1 week, a sudden occlusion of all aortic branches was followed by death. At postmortem, a huge thrombus in the aortic arch caused by Aspergillus invasion from the left lung was found.