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Case Reports
. 2020 Nov 1:22:e00993.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00993. eCollection 2020.

Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report

António Grilo Novais  1 , Joana Capelo  1 , Marta Costa  1 , Mariana Conceição  2 , Pedro Crespo  3 , Luísa Mocho  3 , Beatriz Leão  4 , Luís Malheiro  4 , Susana Silva  4 , António Sarmento  4   5
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Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report

António Grilo Novais et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Mucorales order fungi. The rhino-cerebral form of mucormycosis is most commonly seen in patients with diabetes mellitus, whereas, pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare manifestation in patients with haematological malignancy and transplant recipients. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis presenting with a late acute onset diabetes on a patient immunosuppressed with a low dose of steroids. We aim to illustrate the need for a high clinical suspicion for the diagnosis of mucormycosis and to report the importance of early and aggressive inhiation of antifungal therapy.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Mucormycosis; Pneumonia; Rhizomucor; Zygomycosis.

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Chest x-ray showed roughly rounded pneumonia located in the upper lobe of the left lung.
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Flexible bronchoscopy revealed left bronchial necrosis and mucosal infiltration.
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Lung consolidation in the left upper lobe.
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Large abscess in the left upper lobe and extension to the inferior lobe, as well as laryngeal recurrent nerve compression.
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