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Pulmonary mucormycosis mimicking as pulmonary tuberculosis : A case report

Author(s) -

Rajiv Garg,

RungmeiS.K. Marak,

SanjayKumar Verma,

Jagdeep Singh,

S 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 , pulmonary tuberculosis , mediastinum , tuberculosis , chest pain , disease , diabetes mellitus , pulmonary 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.

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