ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Kedambady P. Sheka
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Reid, V. J.
Right arrow Articles by Sheka, K. P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Reid, V. J.
Right arrow Articles by Sheka, K. P.
Related Collections
Right arrow Lung - other

Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:1449-1451
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Management of Bronchovascular Mucormycosis in a Diabetic: A Surgical Success

Vincent J. Reid, MDa, Deborah L. Solnika, Theodoris Daskalakis, MDa, Kedambady P. Sheka, MDa,*

a Department of Surgery, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Accepted for publication July 3, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Sheka, Department of Surgery, Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA
shekak{at}nychhc.org

Although cases of pulmonary mucor are scarce, diabetics account for a large percentage of these patients. The synergism of diabetes mellitus and mucormycosis poses potentially devastating bronchopulmonary complications, warranting urgent intervention. This report reviews the efficient workup, along with successful medical and surgical management, of a patient with pulmonary mucormycosis, with evidence of superior vena cava invasion.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Clin. Microbiol. Rev.Home page
B. Spellberg, J. Edwards Jr., and A. Ibrahim
Novel Perspectives on Mucormycosis: Pathophysiology, Presentation, and Management
Clin. Microbiol. Rev., July 1, 2005; 18(3): 556 - 569.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2004 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.