Abstract
A 58-year old man with myelodysplastic syndrome developed subacute-onset myelopathy, which did not respond to local irradiation. He finally died of pneumonia. The post-mortem examination revealed disseminated zygomycosis in the lung and the spinal vasculature, causing transverse spinal infarction. Disseminated zygomycosis can be responsible for myelopathy in patients with a hematologic malignancy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1004-1006 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Haematologica |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Spinal cord infarction
- Zygomycosis