Subacute spinal cord infarction due to zygomycotic thrombosis in a patientwith myelodysplastic syndrome

Authors
Machida, U Kami, M Uozaki, H Makimura, K Yamaguchi, H Hirai, H
Citation
U. Machida et al., Subacute spinal cord infarction due to zygomycotic thrombosis in a patientwith myelodysplastic syndrome, HAEMATOLOG, 85(9), 2000, pp. 1004-1006
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
HAEMATOLOGICA
ISSN journal
03906078 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1004 - 1006
Database
ISI
SICI code
0390-6078(200009)85:9<1004:SSCIDT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A 58-year old man with myelodysplastic syndrome developed subacute-onset my elopathy, which did not respond to local irradiation. He finally died of pn eumonia. The post-mortem examination revealed disseminated zygomycosis in t he lung and the spinal vasculature, causing transverse spinal infarction. D isseminated zygomycosis can be responsible for myelopathy in patients with a hematologic malignancy.