Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis

Pulmonary mucormycosis is a relatively uncommon infection. It can present in various forms. Very few cases of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as vocal cord paralysis have been described in the literature. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as vocal cord paralysis in an uncontrol...

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Autores principales: Gayathri Devi, H.J., Mohan Rao, K.N., Prathima, K.M., Moideen, Riyaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3949554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.03.004
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Sumario:Pulmonary mucormycosis is a relatively uncommon infection. It can present in various forms. Very few cases of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as vocal cord paralysis have been described in the literature. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as vocal cord paralysis in an uncontrolled diabetic patient.

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