Mucormycosis: an unusual masquerader of an endobronchial tumour

Respirol Case Rep. 2019 Sep 30;7(9):e00488. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.488. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Abstract

Pulmonary mucormycosis is a life-threatening invasive fungal infection usually seen in the background of immunosuppression, haematological malignancies, or uncontrolled diabetes. Immunocompetent hosts can also be affected. Isolated endobronchial mucormycosis is rare with only a few cases reported in the literature. Here, we present a case of an endobronchial mass masquerading as a tumour that was later diagnosed as invasive mucormycosis by histopathological examination.

Keywords: Endobronchial mucormycosis; endobronchial tumour; poorly controlled diabetes.

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