Abstract
We describe a 24-year-old man with type 1 diabetes mellitus and a cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe, caused by a zygomycete. Surgical resection plus liposomal amphotericin B therapy was successful. We discuss predisposing condition, clinical findings, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary zygomycosis.
Footnotes
- Correspondence: Xie Li-Xin MD, Department of Respiratory Medicine, General Hospital of PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing 100853, China. E-mail: gz98039{at}hotmail.com.
The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.
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