Pulmonary Mucormycosis Mimicking a Lung Tumor in a Patient with Advanced Retroviral Disease

Pulmonary mucormycosis is a relatively rare disease that may become more common with the increasing number of immunocompromised patients.The male case presented here, with advanced retroviral disease, presented with persistent cough and acute respiratory distress.A chest radiograph and computed tomography (CT) of the thorax revealed a right apical pneumothorax and a mass in the right main bronchus.Flexible bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial mass, occluded entirely the right main bronchus.Histopathological examinations of multiple biopsies revealed fungal bodies suggestive of mucormycosis.The patient was treated with Posaconazole, leading to a complete clinical and radiological cure.