Mucormycosis of the Breast in a Patient With Breast Carcinoma After COVID-19 Pneumonia.

Autor: Somashekhar SP; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Jaiswal R; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Kumar R; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Ashok BC; Department of Plastic Surgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Rakshit S; Department of Pathology, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Rauthan A; Department of Medical Oncology, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Karthik HK; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Prasad A; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Islam H; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Fernandes A; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Saldahana E; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India., Ashwin KR; Department of Oncosurgery, Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of breast health [Eur J Breast Health] 2022 Jul 01; Vol. 18 (3), pp. 289-291. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 01 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.4274/ejbh.galenos.2022.2022-2-4
Abstrakt: Mucormycosis is a rare, but potentially fatal, fungal infection which is caused by mucormyctes. These forms of fungi are typically known to infect immuno-compromised individuals but are rare in immunocompetent individuals. Herein, we report the case of a 52 year-old female who was diagnosed with right breast carcinoma in Manipal Hospital, a tertiary cancer care center. The patient was a known diabetic and hypertensive and who had recently recovered from coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. In the due course of management, she developed mucormycosis infection at the operative site in her right breast where she had a radiation therapy-induced wound. This patient was successfully treated with an aggressive regimen of early surgical debridement along with administration of systemic amphotericin B.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest declared by the authors.
(©Copyright 2022 by the the Turkish Federation of Breast Diseases Societies / European Journal of Breast Health published by Galenos Publishing House.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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