Bronchopleural fistula followed by massive fatal hemoptysis in a patient with pulmonary mucormycosis. A case report.
A patient had complications of invasive pulmonary mucormycosis. A bronchopleural fistula developed, representing a rare complication of pulmonary mucormycosis. Massive fatal hemoptysis occurred, due to the propensity of mucormycosis to invade blood vessels.
D000328:Adult; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
D003561:Cytarabine