Elmassry Mohamed, Del Rio-Pertuz Gaspar, Karim Adnanul, Islam Ebtesam
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2020 Dec 16;34(2):276-278. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2020.1855618.
Pulmonary mucormycosis is a life-threatening infection caused by a fungus that is part of the Mucorales family. Diabetes ketoacidosis has been classically described as the main risk factor for the disease. Tracheobronchial mucormycosis is an infrequent form of pulmonary mucormycosis that presents as a tracheobronchial tumor obstructing the airway. Few cases have been reported in the literature. We present a case of pulmonary mucormycosis that presented initially as a collapsed right upper lung, mimicking a tracheobronchial tumor. Early detection and treatment are key to avoid fatal outcomes.
肺毛霉病是一种由毛霉目真菌引起的危及生命的感染。糖尿病酮症酸中毒一直被经典地描述为该疾病的主要危险因素。气管支气管毛霉病是肺毛霉病的一种罕见形式，表现为阻塞气道的气管支气管肿瘤。文献中报道的病例很少。我们报告一例肺毛霉病，最初表现为右上肺萎陷，酷似气管支气管肿瘤。早期检测和治疗是避免致命后果的关键。
