Cutaneous mucormycosis with suspected dissemination in a patient with metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma

Nakul Dar; Abigail Wills; Scott Berg; Sarah E. Gradecki; Thomas G. Cropley; Darren Guffey

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Jun 2024)

Cutaneous mucormycosis with suspected dissemination in a patient with metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma

Nakul Dar,
Abigail Wills,
Scott Berg,
Sarah E. Gradecki,
Thomas G. Cropley,
Darren Guffey

Affiliations

Nakul Dar: School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA; Corresponding author.
Abigail Wills: Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
Scott Berg: Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
Sarah E. Gradecki: Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
Thomas G. Cropley: Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
Darren Guffey: Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 44
p. 100646

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Mucormycosis is a frequently lethal fungal infection that most commonly affects patients with poorly controlled diabetes or other immunosuppressed states. We report the case of a suspected disseminated Rhizopus infection in a patient who was pursuing naturopathic treatment including mud baths for metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma. He was empirically treated with liposomal amphotericin B but opted to stop treatment following multiorgan failure. The patient passed away on the tenth day of his hospital admission.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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