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We report our experience of a case of Aspergillus appendicitis complicating chemotherapy of leukemia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Presentation of case:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 48-year-old man who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia developed high fever and epigastric pain two weeks after administration of his fourth consolidation chemotherapy. Right lower quadrant tenderness and rebound tenderness were noticed on physical examination, and the abdomen and pelvis computed tomography suggested acute perforated appendicitis with localized peritonitis. Emergency laparoscopy showed an inflamed appendix, which was resected. Pathology reports revealed invasive aspergillosis in the appendix. The patient recovered after high-dose antifungal therapy, although he required prolonged hospitalization.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Acute appendicitis is very rarely caused by fungi infection with an overall incidence of up to 1.15 %. Differential diagnosis of fungal appendicitis without pathology report is challenging due to low incidence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Isolated Aspergillus appendicitis is a rare disease that can progress without appropriate antifungal therapy even after surgical resection of the appendix. Surgeons should pay attention to pathology reports after appendectomy to avoid missing unusual cases, especially in immunocompromised patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Highlights<\/jats:title>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijscr.2022.107738","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,12]],"date-time":"2022-10-12T05:06:52Z","timestamp":1665551212000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Aspergillus appendicitis complicating chemotherapy of leukemia"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"100","author":[{"given":"Kyung Uk","family":"Jung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kyoung Won","family":"Yoon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"In-Gu","family":"Do","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Donghyoun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-25-20260313","first-page":"1068","article-title":"The epidemiology of fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies: the SEIFEM-2004 study","volume":"91","author":"Pagano","year":"2006","journal-title":"Haematologica"},{"key":"R2-25-20260313","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1546","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa022139","article-title":"The epidemiology of sepsis in the united states from 1979 through 2000","volume":"348","author":"Martin","year":"2003","journal-title":"N. 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