Zygomycosis Presenting as Acute Bilateral Renal Artery Thrombosis in a Healthy Young Male

J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Apr;63(4):77-9.

Abstract

We present a case of acute renal artery thrombosis due to disseminated zygomycosis in a healthy young adult male.The diagnosis of renal artery occlusion was made on contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) and confirmation of etiology was made only on post mortem biopsy. We suggest that the presence of vascular thrombosis on CECT in a patient presenting with febrile illness should be regarded as an indicator of possible infection by angiotropic fungi, such as zygomycosis, which could help clinician to pursue histological diagnosis aggressively.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / etiology*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult
  • Zygomycosis / complications*
  • Zygomycosis / pathology