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Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as an endobronchial lesion
A W Husari1, W A Jensen, C M Kirsch
1Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif.
Chest
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
A 56-year-old diabetic man presented with left upper lobe collapse and postobstructive pneumonitis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial mass obstructing the left mainstem bronchus. The lesion resembled a bronchial adenoma; however, cytologic and histologic examination revealed invasive mucormycosis. The patient was treated with intravenous amphotericin B followed by endoscopic laser surgery that relieved the obstruction.