Acute ischemia of bilateral lower extremities as a presenting feature of disseminated mucormycosis endocarditis: A case report

Abstract

Disseminated mucormycosis endocarditis is extremely rare, and only a few cases have actually been reported in the literature. It is almost universally fatal despite aggressive surgical and medical management. In this article, we present the case of a 48-year-old immunocompromised male with mucormycosis endocarditis, who presented with acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia and passed away due to subsequent multi-organ failure. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of disseminated mucormycosis native valve endocarditis presenting as acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia.

Keywords

• acute lower extremity ischemia
• disseminated
• fungal endocarditis
• native valve
• mucormycosis