Aspergillus Vegetative Endocarditis and Complete Heart Block in a Patient with Acute Leukemia

Autor: Mikulski, Stanislaw M., Love, Lillian J., Bergquist, Erick J., Hargadon, Michael T., Applefeld, Mark M., Mergnet, Wolfgang
Zdroj: Chest; October 1979, Vol. 76 Issue: 4 p473-476, 4p
Abstrakt: Aspergillus flawsvegetative endocarditis together with myocardial abscesses and pneumonitis developed in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The initial diagnosis was not suspected until 67gallium imaging revealed a radiographically undetectable thoracic abnormality. Despite apparently “early” diagnosis, antifungal therapy was inadequate to prevent disruption of the bundle of His, complete heart block and death.
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