Thyroid involvement in disseminated zygomycosis by Cunninghamella bertholletiae: 2 cases and literature review.
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.
Mayayo
Emilio
E
Sección de Patología Infecciosa, Servicio de Patología, Hospital Universitario Juan XX, Tarragona, Spain. emilio.mayayo@urv.cat
Klock
Clóvis
C
Goldani
Luciano
L
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