RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Aspergillus laryngotracheobronchitis presenting as stridor in a patient with peripheral T cell lymphoma.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 869
OP 870
DO 10.1136/thx.51.8.869
VO 51
IS 8
A1 P. H. Kuo
A1 L. N. Lee
A1 P. C. Yang
A1 Y. C. Chen
A1 K. T. Luh
YR 1996
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/51/8/869.abstract
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.