Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report and review of the literature.
The current study reports the case of a 15-year-old male who presented to The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (Suzhou, Jiangsu, China) with a 3-day history of anergy and epistaxis. The patient was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia according to the results of a bone marrow examination and received chemotherapy. During the agranulocytosis period, the patient developed pneumonia of the right upper lung (RUL). Once complete remission was achieved, the patient underwent a lobectomy of the RUL, together with amphotericin B therapy, following the confirmation of pulmonary mucormycosis by the histopathological results. The patient experienced 12 months of uneventful follow-up post-surgery.
Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Xi-Ming
XM
Wang
Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Ling-Chuan
LC
Guo
Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Sheng-Li
SL
Xue
Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Yan-Bin
YB
Chen
air-crescent sign; amphotericin B; lobectomy; pulmonary mucormycosis