Pulmonary zygomycosis. A cause of positive lung scan diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage.
The diagnosis of pulmonary zygomycosis usually depends on the detection of fungal hyphae in biopsied tissue specimens. We describe a patient with a high-probability lung scan and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates due to Zygomycetes diagnosed by the demonstration of nonseptate hyphae in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
Rozich
J
J
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Oxendine
D
D
Heffner
J
J
Brzezinski
W
W
D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging