Cardiac mucormycosis with T-cell immunodeficiency

S Shah; P V Suresh; S Maheshwari; S Rao

Cardiac mucormycosis with T-cell immunodeficiency

Indian Pediatr. 2009 Mar;46(3):257-9.

Authors

S Shah¹, P V Suresh, S Maheshwari, S Rao

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, India. [email protected]

PMID: 19346575

Abstract

We present a case of a 2 year old apparently healthy child who presented with fever and mass on the mitral valve. Excision histopathology of the mass revealed mucormycosis. After 4 months, she had CNS embolisation with recurrence of cardiac lesion when investigations revealed associated T-cell immunodeficiency.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Fluconazole / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / complications*
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / immunology
Infant
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve / microbiology
Mitral Valve / pathology*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / microbiology
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / therapy
Mucormycosis / diagnostic imaging*
Mucormycosis / drug therapy
Mucormycosis / immunology
T-Lymphocytes / immunology
T-Lymphocytes / pathology*
Ultrasonography

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Amphotericin B
Fluconazole