Bone marrow necrosis associated with a Mucor infection.
Peripheral blood cytopenia due to documented marrow necrosis is an unusual occurrence. This report describes a diabetic patient who presented with profound anemia and thrombocytopenia. Extensive bone marrow necrosis was demonstrated. He had a large renal cyst that contained hyphae later identified as Mucor species. It is postulated that the marrow necrosis was a direct or indirect result of Mucor infection. The phenomenon of bone marrow necrosis in reviewed.
D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D003560:Cysts / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009089:Mucor / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis