Korean J Dermatol.  2002 Dec;40(12):1581-1583.

A Case of Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemic Child

• Kim KH
• Kim BC
• Lee KS

Abstract

A 7-year-old boy with acute lymphocytic leukemia was presented with a few painful erythematous deep seated nodules on the abdomen, leg, and arm. In the skin biopsy, fungal hyphae were found in the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissue. Aspergillus flavus was cultured and isolated by repeated fungal culture from tissue pieces of skin biopsy specimens. A chest X-ray, chest CT and ultrasonography of the upper abdomen revealed no abnormalities, so he was diagnosed by primary cutaneous aspergillosis. We started treatment with amphotericin B and surgical resection, but he had already developed sepsis and expired.

Keyword

Primary cutaneous aspergillosis; Acute lymphocytic leukemia

MeSH Terms

Abdomen
Amphotericin B
Arm
Aspergillosis*
Aspergillus flavus
Biopsy
Child*
Dermis
Humans
Hyphae
Leg
Male
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Sepsis
Skin
Subcutaneous Tissue
Thorax
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
Amphotericin B