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Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report and review of the literature

  • Authors:
    • Xi‑Ming Wang
    • Ling‑Chuan Guo
    • Sheng‑Li Xue
    • Yan‑Bin Chen
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  • Published online on: March 22, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4370
  • Pages: 3049-3053
  • Copyright: © Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The current study reports the case of a 15-year-old male who presented to The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (Suzhou, Jiangsu, China) with a 3‑day history of anergy and epistaxis. The patient was diagnosed with T‑cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia according to the results of a bone marrow examination and received chemotherapy. During the agranulocytosis period, the patient developed pneumonia of the right upper lung (RUL). Once complete remission was achieved, the patient underwent a lobectomy of the RUL, together with amphotericin B therapy, following the confirmation of pulmonary mucormycosis by the histopathological results. The patient experienced 12 months of uneventful follow-up post-surgery.
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Wang XM, Guo LC, Xue SL and Chen YB: Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report and review of the literature. Oncol Lett 11: 3049-3053, 2016
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Wang, X., Guo, L., Xue, S., & Chen, Y. (2016). Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report and review of the literature. Oncology Letters, 11, 3049-3053. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4370
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Wang, X., Guo, L., Xue, S., Chen, Y."Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report and review of the literature". Oncology Letters 11.5 (2016): 3049-3053.
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Wang, X., Guo, L., Xue, S., Chen, Y."Pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report and review of the literature". Oncology Letters 11, no. 5 (2016): 3049-3053. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4370