title: Chronic renal failure presenting for the first time as pulmonary mucormycosis with a fatal outcome.
abstract: Pulmonary mucormycosis is an uncommon, but important, opportunistic fungal pneumonia which is often diagnosed late. Renal failure as the predominant presenting feature is not common in mucormycosis. Moreover, sudden, massive hemoptysis is not a usual complication. In this report we describe fatal pulmonary mucormycosis in a young patient with a previously undiagnosed chronic renal failure.
authors: Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 123 Muscat, Oman.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Jayakrishnan
authors: Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 123 Muscat, Oman.
authors: Jamal
authors: J
authors: Al Aghbari
authors: Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 123 Muscat, Oman.
authors: Dawar
authors: D
authors: Rizavi
authors: Department of Anaesthesia, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 123 Muscat, Oman.
authors: Sinnakirouchenan
authors: S
authors: Srinivasan
authors: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, 123 Muscat, Oman.
authors: Ritu
authors: 0000-0002-3549-9986
authors: R
authors: Lakhtakia
authors: Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 123 Muscat, Oman.
authors: Dawood
authors: D
authors: Al Riyami