Fungal Infections Masquerading as Gastrointestinal Tract Malignancies – A Series of Three Cases

Fungal Infections of Respiratory Tract-Final Section

Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidioides immitis, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, and Penicillium marneffei are endemic dimorphic fungi that may infect the respiratory tract. Sporothrix schenkeii, which manifests the typical thermal dimorphism of the endemic dimorphic organisms, does not seem to follow a geographically defined endemic pattern of distribution...

Fungal Infections in Pediatric Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

As the data on the epidemiology and outcome of fungal infections in children with hematologic cancer are limited especially in Iran, this study was aimed to delineate the epidemiologic features and outcome of fungal infections in this population. The medical records of all children with hematologic malignancies diagnosed with a fungal infection from 2005 to 2010 at a tertiary pediatric hospita...

Fungal infections of the Respiratory Tract-Section 1

Fungal infections of the Respiratory Tract are important causes of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised hospitalized patients. Among these patients are those receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy for neoplastic diseases, those undergoing bone marrow stem cell transplantation or organ transplantation, and those affected with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Invasive Aspergillosis has ...

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Masquerading Neoplasm: A Series of Seven Cases Diagnosed by FNAC

Rhinomaxillary Mucormycosis Masquerading as Chronic Osteomyelitis: A Series of Four Rare Cases with Review of Literature

In a dental hospital, patients reporting with exposed bone in the palate/maxilla with or without pus discharging sinuses are generally clinically diagnosed as osteomyelitis which can occur as a complication of odontogenic bacterial infections, traumatic injuries, herpes zoster infection, aspergillosis, mucormycosis or iatrogenic infections. We present a series of four cases, all of which were i...