Spinal osteomyelitis due to Aspergillus flavus in a child: a rare complication after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Pediatr Radiol. 2008 Jun;38(6):709-12. doi: 10.1007/s00247-008-0789-x. Epub 2008 Apr 8.

Abstract

We report the case of a child affected by acute myeloid leukaemia who was treated with allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and developed cervicothoracic spinal osteomyelitis due to Aspergillus flavus. The diagnosis was difficult on a clinical basis, but made possible by conventional radiography and MRI.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillosis / complications*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy
  • Aspergillosis / surgery
  • Aspergillus flavus / isolation & purification
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fever / etiology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Infant
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology*
  • Osteomyelitis / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Rare Diseases
  • Recurrence
  • Spinal Diseases / drug therapy
  • Spinal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Spinal Diseases / surgery
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging
  • Spine / pathology