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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 53, 854-855, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Bronchovascular mucormycosis in the diabetic: an urgent surgical problem

RB Brown, JH Johnson, JM Kessinger and WC Sealy
Department of Surgery, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia.

This report reviews the successful surgical experience with a diabetic patient with bronchial obstruction due to Mucorales infection. A review of the reported medical and surgical experience is included. The danger of a lethal pulmonary hemorrhage makes early surgical intervention mandatory.

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