Laryngotracheal and pulmonary aspergillosis in an adolescent with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: case report
Gabriela De Martin Silva, Fábio da Cunha Peixoto Ladeira, João Batista de Oliveira Andrade, Scheilla Torres de Oliveira, Joaquim Caetano de Aguirre Neto
Abstract
Patients undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia are at greater risk for invasive fungal diseases that represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Aspergillosis is a fungal infection, usually pulmonary, that rarely affects the laryngeal and tracheal regions. This is a case report about an immunocompromised adolescent undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who evolved with febrile neutropenia and pulmonary and laryngotracheal aspergillosis. After 3 weeks of antifungal treatment using voriconazole, a chest tomography showed the reduction of the multiple pulmonary nodules and the fibronasolaryngoscopy endorsed a complete response to the treatment of laryngotracheal lesions.
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Submitted date:
07/08/2021
Accepted date:
07/31/2021
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