Pulmonary mucormycosis mimicking lung tumour in an uncontrolled diabetic patient

Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that can affect a variety of organs, one of which being the respiratory system. The most common form of infection with mucormycetes is pulmonary mucormycosis, which has a poor prognosis if infected. The clinical signs and radiological findings of this infection are non‐specific and very similar to lung tumours. Here, we describe a 62‐year‐old obese man with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus who was referred for a tumour‐like mass in the left lung, which after bronchoscopy was diagnosed as mucormycosis.

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