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[A case of pulmonary mucormycosis accompanied by lymphocytic leukemia successfully treated by pulmonary lobectomy]
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[A case of pulmonary mucormycosis accompanied by lymphocytic leukemia successfully treated by pulmonary lobectomy]
[Article in
Japanese]
Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi.
1989 Apr.
Abstract
A 51 years old man with acute lymphocytic leukemia who was treated with antileukemic chemotherapy, developed sepsis and pneumonia. Secondary infection with Mucor intervened with abscess formation cured by lobectomy. The patient is doing well without evidence of recurrence, and treated successfully with anti-leukemic chemotherapy. Surgical treatment offers the last chance of survival in similar cases.
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