Pulmonary Resection for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Hematological Malignancy Patients / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 617-623, 2007.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, a frequent fungal infection in immunocompromised patients, is known to have a poor prognosis despite the use of antifungal therapy in leukemic patients. We studied the outcome of surgical resection of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis where bleeding tendency, localized recurrence of infection, and incidence could be reduced. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
We retrospectively reviewed 14 patients with a hematological malignancy where invasive pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed during the 10 years between 1998 and 2007. From the medical records, we reviewed the type and treatment of the hematological malignancy, including the diagnostic methods of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, the preoperative hematological conditions and their management, and the surgical methods and records. We also analyzed the development of postoperative complications and patient mortality, the recurrence of postoperative invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, and if the patients had a bone marrow transplant.RESULT:
Fourteen patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and a hematological malignancy underwent a pulmonary lobectomy. One patient had a complication of bronchopleural fistula, but there were no other serious complications such as bleeding or wound infection, and none of the patients died postoperatively.CONCLUSION:
We have shown that pulmonary lobectomy is a safe and effective therapy for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with hematological malignancies that allow further treatment of the hematological malignancy.
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Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Prognosis
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Recurrence
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Wound Infection
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Bone Marrow
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Medical Records
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Incidence
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Retrospective Studies
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Mortality
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Immunocompromised Host
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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