Bronchovascular mucormycosis in the diabetic: an urgent surgical problem.

Brown, R B; Johnson, J H; Kessinger, J M; Sealy, W C · Ann Thorac Surg · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

This report reviews the successful surgical experience with a diabetic patient with bronchial obstruction due to Mucorales infection. A review of the reported medical and surgical experience is included. The danger of a lethal pulmonary hemorrhage makes early surgical intervention mandatory.

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