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Chest X-ray on admission.
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Chest X-ray was grossly unremarkable (Fig. 1).
Chest CT demonstrating a right lower lobe cavitating mass (3.5 x 2.9 cm).
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Computed Tomography (CT) of the chest showed a cavitary mass (3.5 x 2.9 cm) in the right lower lobe (Fig. 2).
Endobronchial lesion obstructing the right lower lobe bronchus.
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Bronchoscopy revealed a yellow-colored, friable, slimy, endobronchial mass occluding the right lower lobe bronchus (Fig. 3).
(a) Fragments of necrotic cartilage with invasive fungal hyphae. (b) Broad, pauci-septate, and branching hyphae consistent with Mucorales (arrows).
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Histopathological examination of the specimen from the mass was consistent with pulmonary mucormycosis, with broad, non-septate hyphae, characteristic of Mucorales species (Fig. 4).
(a) & (b) Showing resected right middle and lower lobes with mucor abscess seen in the airway.
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The removed specimen is shown in Fig. 5.