Pulmonary mucormycosis associated with medical marijuana use

• Published in: Respiratory medicine case reports Vol. 26; pp. 176 - 179
• Main Authors: Stone, Taylor, Henkle, Joseph, Prakash, Vidhya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Case Report

A 66-year-old man with diabetes presented to the hospital with a two-month history of dyspnea, cough, rust-colored sputum, night sweats and 20 pound weight loss. He had begun smoking medical marijuana 3 months earlier. CT of the chest showed multiple bilateral large ground glass opacities with surro...