title: Pulmonary mucormycosis diagnosed by convex probe endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of cavity wall.
abstract: Pulmonary mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompromised individuals. It is difficult to diagnose as it requires tissue biopsy, and generally these patients are unfit to undergo invasive lung biopsies. We describe a novel technique in a case with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with nonresolving pulmonary cavitary disease where convex probe endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided aspiration of lung cavity wall showed classical histopathological picture establishing the diagnosis of mucorale infection. EBUS being real-time, minimally invasive technique with minimal risk of complications, led to early diagnosis, and prompt treatment. This appears to be a novel diagnostic modality in pulmonary mucormycosis with minimal complications as compared with other biopsy methods with very high complication risk.
authors.affiliation: Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 11, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vidya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 11, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rahul Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 11, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.affiliation: Metro Centre for Respiratory Diseases, Metro Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 11, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Talwar
keywords: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration; mucormycosis; pulmonary cavity