Effective treatment for rhinopulmonary mucormycosis in a boy with leukaemia.
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- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 54 (7) , 557-559
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.54.7.557
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.Keywords
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