Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: July-September | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 124-127
A Rare Case of Massive Haemoptysis
Don Gregory Mascarenhas1, Aaron Lobo2, Glenn Austin Fernandes3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine
2Resident in Department of Medicine
3Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Father Muller Medical College, Kankanady, Mangalore, India
Corresponding Author: Don Gregory Mascarenhas
ABSTRACT
Haemoptysis can be a life threatening event. We present a case report of mucormycosis in a diabetic patient which caused massive haemoptysis and death.
Key words: Haemoptysis, bronchoscopy, mucormycosis