title: Thyroid involvement in disseminated zygomycosis by Cunninghamella bertholletiae: 2 cases and literature review.
abstract: Thyroid involvement is very rare in disseminated zygomycosis. We describe two cases of thyroiditis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae diagnosed though a necropsy study and the only five previous cases of thyroid zygomycosis reported in the literature are revised.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Patología Infecciosa, Servicio de Patología, Hospital Universitario Juan XX, Tarragona, Spain. emilio.mayayo@urv.cat
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mayayo
authors.forename: Clóvis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Klock
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goldani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020093:Cunninghamella; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology