Multiple pulmonary nodules caused by zygomycosis in a patient without predisposing factors

Jpn J Med. 1991 Sep-Oct;30(5):435-7. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.30.435.

Abstract

We report a case of a 61-year-old male without any predisposing factors. His X-ray film showed multiple nodular lesions in bilateral lung fields. Open lung biopsy revealed Zygomycetes in the granuloma. The patient was treated with amphotericin B and miconazole, and remains alive more than 32 months later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Granuloma / diagnosis
  • Granuloma / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucormycosis / complications*
  • Mucormycosis / diagnosis
  • Mucormycosis / drug therapy

Substances

  • Amphotericin B