1.Surgical Management of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Hemtologic Malignancy Patients: Report of 2 cases.
Min Sun BEOM ; Kook Joo NA ; Sang Yun SONG ; Byongpyo KIM ; Jeong Min PARK ; Kyo Seon LEE
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007;40(1):69-73
The mortality rate of the invasive pulmonary aspergillosis to be able to developed during chemotherapy induced myleosuppressionin is high in hematologic malignancy patients despite antifungal treatment. Effective antifungal treatment combined with operation can decrease the mortaligy rate of the invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Recently, we experienced the successful management of the two cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia through effective antifungal treatment and surgical resection. We report this cases with review of literature.
Drug Therapy
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Hematologic Neoplasms
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Hematology
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Humans
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Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis*
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Mortality
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
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Pulmonary Aspergillosis