A 29-year-old man with hospital-acquired cavitary pneumonia.
Cavitary lung processes pose a formidable diagnostic challenge. Causes vary widely and include cavitary pneumonia, vasculitis and malignancy. In some cases, patient history and basic work-up may yield a diagnosis, but in others, an extensive work-up, including tissue biopsy, may be necessary to establish the cause. The authors present a case of cavitary pneumonia that complicated an open lung biopsy. It developed in the hospital and was caused by mucormycosis, a potential emerging infection causing health care-associated infections.
Mansoor
M
Mehmood
Ruba A
RA
Halloush
Faisal A
FA
Khasawneh
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*