Open AccessMucormycosis: an unusual masquerader of an endobronchial tumour
Author(s) -
Jaganathan Venugopal,
Madesh Vijaya Prakash,
Subramanian Santhakumar,
Muthusamy Rajeshwari K.,
Mehta Sangita S.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
respirology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2051-3380
DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.488
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , medicine , immunosuppression , dermatology , histopathological examination , pathology
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.