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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 9, 286-288, Copyright © 1995 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Bronchovascular mucormycosis: an urgent surgical problem

J Zapatero, J Flandes, J Ruiz-Zafra, L Fogue, S Salvatierra, D Saldana, R Penalver and J Candelas
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

The case of a 70-year-old male with lymphoblastic leukemia is reviewed, who presented the rare and almost always fatal complication of pulmonary mucormycosis, but who was treated satisfactorily with amphotericin B and surgery. The risk of massive hemoptysis in the course of mucormycosis that invades the lung vessels, makes us believe that surgery is an essential part of the management of this disease. It is suggested that the patient be operated as soon as the diagnosis is obtained, as we did in our case, to avoid other risks in combined management with amphotericin B.

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