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CT scan of the chest showing 4.7 cm thick walled cavitary mass in the left upper lobe with surrounding ground glass opacities.
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Computed axial tomography (CT) scan of the chest revealed a 4.7-cm - thick walled cavitary mass in the left upper lobe, with surrounding ground glass opacities, small nodular opacities in the right middle lobe, and patchy ground glass opacities bilaterally, enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes, and bilateral pleural effusions with left pleural thickening (Figure 1).
Hematoxylin and eosin stain (H and E) and Grocott's methenamine silver stain showing broad, non-septated and with right angle branching Mucor.
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Bronchoscopy specimen staining revealed fungal elements, which were broad, non-septated, and with right-angle branching, compatible with Mucor (Figure 2).