Open AccessPulmonary mucormycosis mimicking as pulmonary tuberculosis : A case report
Author(s) -
Rajiv Garg,
Rungmei S. K. Marak,
Sanjay Kumar Verma,
Jagdeep Singh,
; Sanjay,
Rajendra Prasad
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.59595
Subject(s) - medicine , mucormycosis , mediastinum , pulmonary tuberculosis , chest pain , tuberculosis , diabetes mellitus , disease , dermatology , surgery , pathology , endocrinology
Pulmonary Mucormycosis is an uncommon disease caused by fungi of class Zygomycetes. It occurs predminantly in an immunodeficient host most common risk factor being diabetes mellitus. The lesions are localized in the lungs or the mediastinum. We are reporting a case of 70 years old male, having cough, haemoptysis, fever and chest pain. He was on antituberculosis treatment (RHEZ) for last 10 days and was later found to have Pulmonary Mucormycosis on further evaluation.