PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kuo, P. H.
AU  - Lee, L. N.
AU  - Yang, P. C.
AU  - Chen, Y. C.
AU  - Luh, K. T.
TI  - Aspergillus laryngotracheobronchitis presenting as stridor in a patient with peripheral T cell lymphoma.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.51.8.869
DP  - 1996 Aug 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 869--870
VI  - 51
IP  - 8
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/51/8/869.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/51/8/869.full
SO  - Thorax1996 Aug 01; 51
AB  - Invasive aspergillosis is a serious opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. The case history is described of a 44 year old patient with peripheral T cell lymphoma who developed hoarseness and stridor after chemotherapy. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated repeatedly from the sputum. Bronchoscopic examination showed symmetrical creamy-white exophytic lesions involving both vocal cords and the supraglottic area. There was diffuse tracheobronchitis with multiple raised cream-coloured plaques in the trachea which histologically consisted of numerous septate branching hyphae consistent with Aspergillus species. The lesions responded to systemic treatment with amphotericin B.