CASE REPORT Open Access Proven invasive pulmonar The complete remission of acute myeloblastic leukemia was verified after 2 months. During his immunerestitution, JOURNAL OF MEDICAL CASE REPORTS

Full list of author information is available at the end of the articlea high positivity of the anti-Aspergillus immunoglobulin M antibodies was found in a single serum sample and pulmonary radiography was unchanged. A lobectomy of his right upper pulmonary lobe was done and the mycology culture of the lung tissue sample revealed Rhizopus oryzae. He remained in complete remission for more than 1 year. Conclusions: Invasive mucormycosis was successfully treated with amphotericin B, surgery and secondary itraconazole prophylaxis. As a rare disease invasive mucormycosis is not well understood by the medical community and therefore an improvement of education about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of invasive mucormycosis is necessary