TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumonectomy in pulmonary mucormycosis complicating Behçet's disease
AU - Santo, M.
AU - Levy, A.
AU - Levy, M. J.
AU - Weinberger, A.
AU - Mor, R.
AU - Avidor, I.
AU - Rousso, I.
AU - Pinkhas, J.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - A 37 year old man with Beh,et's disease who was maintained on prolonged corticosteroid therapy, developed diabetic ketoacidosis and pneumonia. Secondary infection with mucor intervened with abscess formation cured by pneumonectomy. The association of Behşet's disease and mucormycosis has not been previously reported, although diabetes mellitus was almost certainly the predisposing cause. Surgical treatment offers the best chance of survival in similar cases.
AB - A 37 year old man with Beh,et's disease who was maintained on prolonged corticosteroid therapy, developed diabetic ketoacidosis and pneumonia. Secondary infection with mucor intervened with abscess formation cured by pneumonectomy. The association of Behşet's disease and mucormycosis has not been previously reported, although diabetes mellitus was almost certainly the predisposing cause. Surgical treatment offers the best chance of survival in similar cases.
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U2 - 10.1136/pgmj.62.728.485
DO - 10.1136/pgmj.62.728.485
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AN - SCOPUS:0022544581
VL - 62
SP - 485
EP - 486
JO - Postgraduate Medical Journal
JF - Postgraduate Medical Journal
SN - 0032-5473
IS - 728
ER -
