Multiple small bowel perforations due to invasive aspergillosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia: case report and a systematic review of the literature

ConclusionClinical manifestations of gastrointestinal aspergillosis are nonspecific, such as abdominal pain, and only occasionally it presents as an acute abdomen. Antemortem detection of bowel involvement is rarely achieved and, only in cases of complicated gastrointestinal aspergillosis, the diagnosis is achieved thanks to the findings during surgery. Gastrointestinal aspergillosis should be suspected in patients with severe and prolonged neutropenia with or without pulmonary involvement in order to consider the right therapy and prompt surgery.
Source: Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research