Esophageal Aspergillosis in Cytologic Brushings: Report of Two Cases Associated with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 347-349

  Bergman, Simon ^a   Geisinger, Kim R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myelogenous leukemia; Aspergillus; Esophageal brushing; Immunocompromised patients

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2342616973     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20058     Document Type: Article

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