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Mucormycosis (previously called zygomycosis) - Summary
 • Mycology
 • Epidemiology
 • Clinical Presentation
 • Diagnosis
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Mucormycosis (previously ... called zygomycosis ... LizzyHastie #Mucormycosis ... #zygomycosis #summary
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Nocardiosis - Mucormycosis ... Nocardiosis - Mucormycosis
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Cryptococcus, Mucormycosis ... : Aspergillus, Mucormycosis
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
aspergillosis, pulm mueormycosis
Reversed Halo Sign - Infectious and Non-Infectious Differential Diagnosis
Definition: A focal rounded area of GGO surrounded
Infectious Causes: Mucormycosis
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
cellulitis - Mucormycosis
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
PZ, pulmonary zygomycosis
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Aspergillus - Mucormycosis
Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
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Rhinocerebral mucormycosis
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
, Aspergillus, Mucormycosis