Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient
| Autor: | Muhammad Waqar Elahi, Ejaz Ahmad, Aneela Majeed, Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah, Mayar Al Mohajer, Waqas Ullah, Sana Khan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Necrosis Productive Cough business.industry 030106 microbiology Mucormycosis Infarction Immunocompromised patient Case Report General Medicine Pneumopericardium 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease Tacrolimus Surgery lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Renal cell carcinoma medicine lcsh:RC109-216 medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Vol 2017 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2090-6633 2090-6625 |
| Popis: | Mucor and Rhizopus cause life-threatening infections primarily involving the lungs and sinuses, which disseminate very rapidly by necrosis and infarction of the contiguous tissues. We present a case of a 64-year-old African American posttransplant patient who presented with a productive cough and weight loss. He had a past surgical history of renal transplant for renal cell carcinoma and was on dual immunosuppressive therapy, that is, mycophenolate and tacrolimus. During his hospital stay, he developed a pneumopericardium due to the direct extension of a lung lesion. The diagnosis was made by radiological imaging and PCR result which was consistent with Mucor species. He was treated with antifungal therapy. The purpose of this report is to highlight the unusual association of mucormycosis with pneumopericardium. |
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