1981 Volume 22 Issue 9 Pages 1293-1298
A 27 year-old male student was admitted to our hospital because of remittent fever and cough. Later on he developed tenderness in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. A chest X-ray film showed an area of consolidation extending from the right hilum. Various kinds of treatments were fruitless. The autopsy studies revealed disseminated phycomycosis involving the liver, lungs and bronchi. Especially in the liver a large area of necrosis caused by phycomycetes were found. Little infarmation was available concerning a large area of necrosis in the liver due to phycomycetes. In this paper the clinical course and pathogenesis of phycomycosis in the liver are discussed.
