Aspergillosis of the maxillary sinus in chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia.
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چکیده
In patients with hematological disease, aspergillus sinusitis occurs more frequently in acute forms (1). To our knowledge, a chronic myelomonocytic hematological disease of leukaemia type occurred in one patient only, with recurrent lung aspergillosis and mucormycosis (2). Here we report a case of maxillary aspergillus sinusitis occurring in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia showing dental prosthesis displacement after repeated falls.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Turk patoloji dergisi
دوره 31 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015