A rapidly progressing Pancoast syndrome due to pulmonary mucormycosis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bansal, Meghana ^a   Martin, Sara R ^a   Rudnicki, Stacy A ^b   Hiatt, Kim M ^a   Mireles Cabodevila, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOFARABINE; CYTARABINE; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCOAST TUMOR; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RHIZOPUS; SHOCK; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80051651077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-388     Document Type: Article

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