title: Bronchovascular mucormycosis in the diabetic: an urgent surgical problem.
abstract: This report reviews the successful surgical experience with a diabetic patient with bronchial obstruction due to Mucorales infection. A review of the reported medical and surgical experience is included. The danger of a lethal pulmonary hemorrhage makes early surgical intervention mandatory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kessinger
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Sealy
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*