Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3190263 | Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
While aspergillosis is commonly seen in immunocompetent patients, angiotropic dissemination points to cellular immunodepression. Our patient, however, was not presenting immunodepression. We discuss the possible contributory role of thalidomide in dissemination of aspergillosis given that the literature to date contains only one reported case of cutaneous aspergillosis secondary to A. fumigatus in an immunocompetent patient. We would also point out the specific histopathological pattern of this disseminated aspergillosis with both septate hyphae and round structures. Invasive aspergillosis is highly lethal but the chances of recovery are now greater thanks to new antifungal agents.
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Authors
V. Domergue, V. Orlandini, H. Begueret, B. Couprie, M. Huerre, M. Tunon de Lara, M. Beylot-Barry, M.-S. Doutre,