title: Disseminated zygomycosis with renal involvement simulating malignancy in a diabetic patient.
abstract: Zygomycosis or mucormycosis refers to a group of uncommon but frequently fatal mycoses caused by fungi of the class Zygomycetes. The disease is usually an opportunistic infection in patients with diabetes, immunosuppression, trauma, burn wounds and other chronic debilitating diseases. Isolated renal involvement is rare although involvement of kidneys in disseminated mucormycosis is not uncommon. Clinical awareness and thorough appropriate investigations are required for an early diagnosis and successful treatment. We herein report a case of disseminated zygomycosis presenting as renal mass with pulmonary lesions, which was initially suspected to be disseminated renal cell carcinoma before a tissue diagnosis was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gadodia
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.forename: Naval K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Vikram
authors.forename: Prabhjot
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar