Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient
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 we...
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| author | Sana Khan Muhammad Waqar Elahi Waqas Ullah Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah Ejaz Ahmad Mayar Al Mohajer Aneela Majeed |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-65e1cce24f7a4405a9f5cf0ebb40614c2025-02-03T07:24:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/14246181424618Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised PatientSana Khan0Muhammad Waqar Elahi1Waqas Ullah2Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah3Ejaz Ahmad4Mayar Al Mohajer5Aneela Majeed6Griffin Hospital, Ansonia, CT 06401, USAKhyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar 25000, PakistanKhyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar 25000, PakistanKhyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar 25000, PakistanNishtar Hospital, Multan 60000, PakistanUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85701, USAUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85701, USAMucor 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1424618 |
| spellingShingle | Sana Khan Muhammad Waqar Elahi Waqas Ullah Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah Ejaz Ahmad Mayar Al Mohajer Aneela Majeed Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient |
| title_full | Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient |
| title_fullStr | Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient |
| title_short | Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient |
| title_sort | invasive mucormycosis induced pneumopericardium a rare cause of pneumopericardium in an immunocompromised patient |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1424618 |
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