Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as an endobronchial lesion.
A 56-year-old diabetic man presented with left upper lobe collapse and postobstructive pneumonitis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial mass obstructing the left mainstem bronchus. The lesion resembled a bronchial adenoma; however, cytologic and histologic examination revealed invasive mucormycosis. The patient was treated with intravenous amphotericin B followed by endoscopic laser surgery that relieved the obstruction.
Husari
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Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif.
Jensen
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Kirsch
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Campagna
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Kagawa
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Hamed
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Azzi
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Stevens
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*