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
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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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author Gayathri Devi, H.J.
Mohan Rao, K.N.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-39495542014-10-15 Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis Gayathri Devi, H.J. Mohan Rao, K.N. Prathima, K.M. Moideen, Riyaz Respir Med Case Rep Case Report 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. Elsevier 2013-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3949554/ /pubmed/26029622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.03.004 Text en © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis
title Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis
title_full Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis
title_fullStr Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis
title_short Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis
title_sort pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with vocal cord paralysis
topic Case Report
url 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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