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Disseminated Aspergillosis Mimicking Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease
- George L. Daikos;
- Vassiliki Syriopoulou;
- George Aperis;
- Christos Toubanakis;
- George Petrikkos; and
- Maria Demonakos
- From University of Athens, 115-27 Athens, Greece, and Sismonoglion General Hospital, 151-26 Athens, Greece.
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Background: The incidence of invasive aspergillosis is increasing in parallel with the number of immunosuppressed patients (1). Although Aspergillus is not known as a pathogen with liver tropism, 11% of patients who die of or with invasive aspergillosis have liver involvement (2). The clinical patterns of hepatic aspergillosis vary and depend on the extent of invasion and the anatomic site of the liver involved. To our knowledge, invasion of sinusoids by fungal hyphae resulting in a syndrome mimicking hepatic veno-occlusive disease has not been previously reported.
Case Report: A 53-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a 10-day history of …
