Disseminated mucormycosis with renal involvement.
A case of fatal disseminated mucormycosis causing bilateral renal artery thrombosis, parenchymal and collecting system invasion and destruction, and extrinsic perirenal and proximal ureteral compression is presented. In addition to acute renal failure meningoencephalitis, cerebral hemorrhagic infarction and septic enterocolitis were contributing causes of death.
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012077:Renal Artery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*