Left atrial thrombosis with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in children with immunodeficiency

Invasive aspergillosis is a major cause of infectious disease in immunocompromised patients; however, cardiac involvement in pulmonary aspergillosis is not well-known. Two paediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy were diagnosed with cardiac aspergilloma, accompanied by pulmonary aspergillosis. In...

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Published in:Cardiology in the young 2023-05, Vol.33 (5), p.838-841
Main Authors: Yun, Kyoung Sung, Kwon, Hye Won, Kwak, Jae Gun, Park, June Dong, Koh, Jaemoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aspergillosis - diagnosis
Aspergillosis - drug therapy
Atrial Fibrillation
Child
Humans
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis - diagnosis
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis - therapy
Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Thrombosis
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Summary:Invasive aspergillosis is a major cause of infectious disease in immunocompromised patients; however, cardiac involvement in pulmonary aspergillosis is not well-known. Two paediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy were diagnosed with cardiac aspergilloma, accompanied by pulmonary aspergillosis. In both patients, antibiotic and antifungal treatments were initiated immediately after the pneumonia was diagnosed; however, both died of multiple cerebral thromboembolisms.
ISSN:1047-9511
1467-1107
DOI:10.1017/S104795112200302X