Pulmonary mucormycosis presented as endobronchial lesion and a lobar consolidation in diabetes mellitus : A case report and review of other cases.
- Author:
Ji Hye KIM
1
;
Bo Keum CHOI
;
Ji Hyun PARK
;
Tae Sun PARK
;
Hong Sun BAEK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Korea. parkjh@chonbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary mucormycosis;
Diabetes mellitus
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diabetes Mellitus*;
Diabetic Ketoacidosis;
Diagnosis;
Fungi;
Humans;
Hyphae;
Immunocompromised Host;
Inhalation;
Korea;
Lung;
Mortality;
Mucormycosis*;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Spores
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2005;69(6):696-701
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary mucormycosis is a relatively rare but highly virulent and rapidly progressive disease that occurs after inhalation of spores of the fungi that belong to class Zygomycetes. This infection occasionally occurs in seriously immunocompromised patients, but also in patients with uncontrolled diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Diagnosis is pathologic demonstration of typical hyphae within lung tissue, and requires aggressive treatments including surgical and medical approach for reducing the overall mortality. In Korea, pulmonary mucormycosis complicated with diabetes has been reported in only five cases. Recently, we experienced a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in 32-year-old poorly controlled diabetic man, who had nonspecific pulmonary symptoms, a lobar consolidation on chest radiograph, and endobronchial lesions on bronchoscopic finding. We reported here our case and reviewed characteristics of other five previous cases.
