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Thoracic mucormycosis in immunocompetent patients.
- Source :
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Journal of Cardiac Surgery . Apr2021, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p1183-1188. 6p. 2 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection. It is rare and commonly associated with fatal outcomes.<bold>Methods: </bold>We report two cases of thoracic mucormycosis in immunocompetent patients. First, is an immunocompetent child with mediastinal mass and extension into the pericardium and left atrium. The second is a young woman with a left pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm.<bold>Results: </bold>The first patient could not be salvaged while the second patient was successfully managed with surgical intervention and systemic antifungal treatment.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Mucormycosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in the management of immunocompetent patients in patients with pyrexia of unknown origin and a mediastinal mass. Early and aggressive surgical management along with systemic antifungal treatment improves the survival in this subset of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANTIFUNGAL agents
*LUNGS
*PULMONARY artery
*MYCOSES
*FALSE aneurysms
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08860440
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Cardiac Surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149247662
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15332