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Case Reports
. 1979 Jul;54(7):557-9.
doi: 10.1136/adc.54.7.557.

Effective treatment for rhinopulmonary mucormycosis in a boy with leukaemia

O B Eden, J Santos
Case Reports

Effective treatment for rhinopulmonary mucormycosis in a boy with leukaemia

O B Eden et al. Arch Dis Child. 1979 Jul.

Abstract

Lymphoblastic leukaemia in a 3-year-old child was complicated by rhinopulmonary mucormycosis. This was successfully treated by surgical resection of the nasal mass, pulmonary lobectomy, combined with amphotericin.

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