Pulmonary mucormycosis with massive fatal hemoptysis. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Abrupt, massive, and fatal hemoptysis occurred in two patients with pulmonary mucormycosis. One patient had uucontrolled diabetes mellitus and the other acute leukemia in remission. Pulmonary artery erosion by mucormycotic hyphae caused the hemorrhage cases. Mucormycosis is an unusual cause of massive hemoptysis.

publication date

  • July 1, 1975

Research

keywords

  • Hemoptysis
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal
  • Mucormycosis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0016687246

PubMed ID

  • 1149533

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 68

issue

  • 1