Surgical Management of Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Third-Trimester Pregnancy

Background  Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection that carries a high mortality. Given the rarity of this disease, its management has not been well established. Case Description  We report a 36-year-old female presenting with right middle and lower lobe pulmonary mucormycosis during the...

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Autores principales: Ramirez, Joel L., Urisman, Anatoly, Kukreja, Jasleen, Kratz, Johannes R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6023714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1660806
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author Ramirez, Joel L.
Urisman, Anatoly
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description Background  Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection that carries a high mortality. Given the rarity of this disease, its management has not been well established. Case Description  We report a 36-year-old female presenting with right middle and lower lobe pulmonary mucormycosis during the third trimester of pregnancy. Diagnosis was established using chest computed tomography followed by bronchoalveolar lavage and lung biopsy. Prompt initiation of amphotericin B and right middle and lower lobe lobectomy resulted in maternal survival and fetal viability. Conclusion  This favorable outcome is attributed to extensive communication between treatment teams in addition to comprehensive surgical planning.
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spelling pubmed-60237142018-07-05 Surgical Management of Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Third-Trimester Pregnancy Ramirez, Joel L. Urisman, Anatoly Kukreja, Jasleen Kratz, Johannes R. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep Background  Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection that carries a high mortality. Given the rarity of this disease, its management has not been well established. Case Description  We report a 36-year-old female presenting with right middle and lower lobe pulmonary mucormycosis during the third trimester of pregnancy. Diagnosis was established using chest computed tomography followed by bronchoalveolar lavage and lung biopsy. Prompt initiation of amphotericin B and right middle and lower lobe lobectomy resulted in maternal survival and fetal viability. Conclusion  This favorable outcome is attributed to extensive communication between treatment teams in addition to comprehensive surgical planning. Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018-01 2018-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6023714/ /pubmed/29977735 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1660806 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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