The Reversed Halo Sign: Pathognomonic Pattern of Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Leukemic Patients With Neutropenia?
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The reversed halo sign: pathognomonic pattern of pulmonary mucormycosis in leukemic patients with neutropenia?
BACKGROUND Pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) is a life-threatening fungal infection with an increasing incidence among patients with acute leukemia. In some immunocompromised hosts, the reversed halo sign (RHS) has been described on the pulmonary computed tomographic (CT) scan of patients with mucormycosis. METHODS This study reports a single-center experience with PM exclusively in patients with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit929