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. 2018 Nov;47(11):1763-1766.

Mucoromycosis and Wegner's Granulomatosis: A Case Report

Nasrin Shayanfar  1 , Abbas Zamanian  1 , Elham Behrangi  1 , Nahid Kianmehr  1 , Faezeh Firouzi  1 , Zahra Azizian  1
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Mucoromycosis and Wegner's Granulomatosis: A Case Report

Nasrin Shayanfar et al. Iran J Public Health. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Wegener's granulomatosis is a rare vasculitis affecting the upper and lower respiratory tracts and kidneys. The cornerstone of treatment in these patients is immunosuppressive therapy, which may predispose the patient to super-infections such as fungal diseases per se. However, the fungal infection mimics the clinical manifestations of Wegener's diseases would lead to neglected course of the infection and subsequent morbidity and mortality especially if unusual organs are involved. Here we report a 21-yr-old female patient referred to a hospital, Tehran, Iran in 2013 with a neglected skin mucormycosis and the course of the disease and outcome with Wegener's granulomatosis.

Keywords: Case report; Iran; Mucoromycosis; Wegner’s granulomatosis.

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Conflict of Interests The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.

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Erythematous plaque with hemorrhagic bullous lesion on abdomen
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Mucor hyphae in the vessel wall and necrotic tissue (The H & E staining of the skin lesion (×100)
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