Skin lesion in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia |
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| Authors: | Atul Kothari Sara C. Shalin Juan Carlos Rico Crescencio Mary J. Burgess |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA;2. Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA |
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| Abstract: | We present the case of a 51‐year‐old man with acute myeloid leukemia who developed fevers with a skin lesion following the first cycle of induction chemotherapy. Skin biopsy showed evidence of invasive fungal infection. Cultures remained negative, but polymerase chain reaction on tissue detected Rhizopus oryzae complex. The patient was started on liposomal amphotericin B and underwent surgical debridement. He was switched to posaconazole, with plans for allogeneic hematopoetic stem cell transplant in the future. |
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| Keywords: | acute myeloid leukemia mucormycosis skin lesion |
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