Spontaneous regression of pulmonary mucormycosis.

P Abraham, S Govil, VM Srivastava… - Postgraduate medical …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
P Abraham, S Govil, VM Srivastava, A Ganesh
Postgraduate medical journal, 1995ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
mucormycosis Page 1 632 Connolly, McConnell, McGarrity Removal of the patient from the
nursing home to hospital allows time for appropriate investigation and clarification of the
circumstances which aroused suspicion. While not wishing to dissuade medical and nursing
staff from reporting abuse of the elderly we would caution against precipitately reaching this
diagnosis until other reasonable possibilities have been excluded, bearing in mind that abuse
may coexist with the above-mentioned conditions. 1 Pitt B. Abusing old people. BMJ 1992; 305 …
Abstract
A case of pulmonary mucormycosis with spontaneous resolution is presented. The patient had no known underlying predisposing disease.
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