title: Isolated renal zygomycosis in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: Zygomycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompetent patients. Isolated renal involvement by zygomycosis is extremely rare and diagnosed mainly during postmortem study. We report a case of a 22-year-old man with right upper quadrant pain and fever. The CT of the abdomen revealed renal cell carcinoma and subsequent nephrectomy was performed. The histopathological diagnosis of nephrectomy established zygomycosis. After that patient was given 2 months antifungal therapy and is living well even after her 1 year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ajay Kr
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Madhu Mati
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Chani
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B