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Korean J Med. 2007;73(3):966-970.
증례 : 웨게너씨병에서 폐모균증에 의해 급속히 진행된 폐농양 1예
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A rapidly progressing lung abscess diagnosed as pulmonary mucormycosis associated with Wegener's granulomatosis
Ji Ae Moon, Dae Joon Kim, Ji Eun Kyoun, Se Kyu Kim, Joon Chang, Sung Kyu Kim, Moo Suk Park
서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실1, 경희대학교 의과대학 내과학교실2


Abstract
Pulmonary mucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic fungal infection associated with diabetes mellitus, leukemia, lymphoma and other debilitating diseases. The diagnosis is made by the pathology demonstration of typical hyphae within the lung tissue, and requires aggressive treatment including surgical and medical methods for reducing the overall mortality. In Korea, the association of pulmonary murcomycosis with Wegener's granulomatosis is rare. However, pulmonary mucormycosis with diabetes has been reported in several cases. Recently, we treated a case of pulmonary murcomycosis in 42-year-old woman with Wegener's granulomatosis, who had recurrent pneumothorax and a rapidly progressive lung abscess. Here we report this case and review the medical literature.(Korean J Med 73:S966-S970, 2007)

Keywords :Mucormycosis, Wegener's granulomatosis, Lung abscess

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