Granulomatous appendicitis in acute myeloblastic leukemia: Expanding the clinicopathologic spectrum of invasive candidiasis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-205

  Moyana, Terence N ^a,b   Kulaga, Andrew ^a   Xiang, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC;

EID: 0030042878     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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