Affiliation:
1. Internal Medicine
2. Pulmonary Medicine
3. Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
4. Radiology
5. Histopathology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Abstract
Abstract
Mucormycosis is a life-threatening invasive fungal infection caused by fungi belonging to mucorales order. Manifestations vary from localized disease to disseminated infection. Various types of mucormycosis are rhino-orbito-cerebral, pulmonary, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, renal, and disseminated. Pulmonary form is more common in patients with solid organ transplant and post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Multimodality treatment is used in the form of aggressive antifungals, surgery where possible, and control of underlying disease/factors. Here, we present an unusual presentation of pulmonary mucormycosis successfully managed with liposomal amphotericin B and surgical lobectomy.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)