Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: A rare case report

Cavitary lung lesions have a specific array of differential diagnosis. Among rare causes is mucormycosis that should not be overlooked. A high index of suspicion is necessary for a correct diagnosis and aggressive management. It usually occurs in immunosupressed patients. It is a life-threatening, r...

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Autores principales: Acharya, Sourya, Shukla, Samarth, Noman, Obaid, Dawande, Pratibha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958531
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.174023
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author Acharya, Sourya
Shukla, Samarth
Noman, Obaid
Dawande, Pratibha
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description Cavitary lung lesions have a specific array of differential diagnosis. Among rare causes is mucormycosis that should not be overlooked. A high index of suspicion is necessary for a correct diagnosis and aggressive management. It usually occurs in immunosupressed patients. It is a life-threatening, rapidly progressive, and angioinvasive fungal infection. We present a case of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as a cavity in an immunocompetent middle aged male.
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spelling pubmed-47652832016-03-08 Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: A rare case report Acharya, Sourya Shukla, Samarth Noman, Obaid Dawande, Pratibha Int J Appl Basic Med Res Case Report Cavitary lung lesions have a specific array of differential diagnosis. Among rare causes is mucormycosis that should not be overlooked. A high index of suspicion is necessary for a correct diagnosis and aggressive management. It usually occurs in immunosupressed patients. It is a life-threatening, rapidly progressive, and angioinvasive fungal infection. We present a case of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as a cavity in an immunocompetent middle aged male. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4765283/ /pubmed/26958531 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.174023 Text en Copyright: © 2016 International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: A rare case report
title Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: A rare case report
title_full Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: A rare case report
title_fullStr Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: A rare case report
title_short Isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: A rare case report
title_sort isolated pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as cavitary lesion in an immunocompetent adult: a rare case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958531
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.174023
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