Thyroid Involvement in Disseminated Zygomycosis by Cunninghamella bertholletiae : 2 Cases and Literature Review

Abstract

Thyroid involvement is very rare in disseminated zygomycosis. We describe two cases of thyroiditis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae diagnosed though a necropsy study and the only five previous cases of thyroid zygomycosis reported in the literature are revised.

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thyroiditis zygomycosis Cunninghamella bertholletiae autopsy thyroid

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