Korean J Med.  2005 Dec;69(6):696-701.

Pulmonary mucormycosis presented as endobronchial lesion and a lobar consolidation in diabetes mellitus : A case report and review of other cases

• Kim JH
• Choi BK
• Park JH
• Park TS
• Baek HS

Abstract

Pulmonary mucormycosis is a relatively rare but highly virulent and rapidly progressive disease that occurs after inhalation of spores of the fungi that belong to class Zygomycetes. This infection occasionally occurs in seriously immunocompromised patients, but also in patients with uncontrolled diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Diagnosis is pathologic demonstration of typical hyphae within lung tissue, and requires aggressive treatments including surgical and medical approach for reducing the overall mortality. In Korea, pulmonary mucormycosis complicated with diabetes has been reported in only five cases. Recently, we experienced a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in 32-year-old poorly controlled diabetic man, who had nonspecific pulmonary symptoms, a lobar consolidation on chest radiograph, and endobronchial lesions on bronchoscopic finding. We reported here our case and reviewed characteristics of other five previous cases.

Keyword

Pulmonary mucormycosis; Diabetes mellitus

MeSH Terms

Adult
Diabetes Mellitus*
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diagnosis
Fungi
Humans
Hyphae
Immunocompromised Host
Inhalation
Korea
Lung
Mortality
Mucormycosis*
Radiography, Thoracic
Spores