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Vol. 98. Issue 4.
Pages 276-278 (May 2007)
Vol. 98. Issue 4.
Pages 276-278 (May 2007)
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Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis in a Leukemic Child
Aspergilosis Cutánea Primaria en un Niño Con Leucemia
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A. Torreloa,
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Correspondence: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital del Niño Jesús, Avda. Menéndez Pelayo, 65, 28009 Madrid, Spain.
, A. Hernández-Martína, C. Scaglioneb, L. Maderob, I. Colmeneroc, A. Zambranoa
a Departments of Dermatología, Hospital del Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
b Departments of Oncología, Hospital del Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
c Departments of Anatomía Patológica, Hospital del Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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Primary cutaneous aspergillosis is a rare cutaneous disease that usually affects immunodepressed patients of any age. The most common associated disorders in children are leukemias and lymphomas although it can also occur in neonates and preterms due to their intrinsic immunological immaturity. We report the case of a 4-year-old boy diagnosed of acute lymphoblastic leukemia that, during chemotherapy, developed an ulceronecrotic inflammatory cutaneous lesion in the venopuncture area of the left forearm, and whose microbiological culture was positive for Aspergillus flavus.

Key words:
primary cutaneous aspergillosis
inmunodepression
leukemia
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La aspergilosis cutánea primaria es una enfermedad cutánea infrecuente que suele presentarse en individuos inmunodeprimidos de cualquier edad. En los niños, las patologías asociadas con mayor frecuencia son las leucemias y los linfomas, aunque también puede ocurrir en neonatos y prematuros debido a su inmadurez inmunológica intrínseca. Presentamos el caso de un varón de 4 años diagnosticado de leucemia linfoblástica aguda que durante el tratamiento quimioterápico presentó una lesión cutánea inflamatoria ulceronecrótica en la zona de venopunción del antebrazo izquierdo, y cuyo cultivo microbiológico fue positivo para Aspergillus flavus.

Palabras clave:
aspergilosis cutánea primaria
inmunodepresión
leucemia
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