Solitary Fibrous Tumor of Hard Palate: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a mesenchymal tumor accounting for less than 2% of soft tissue tumors and has variable clinical behavior. It can arise in many anatomical locations of the body and in rare occasions in the oral cavity mostly in buccal mucosa and tongue. To date, a handful of such cases have been reported in the hard palate.

Disseminated mucormycosis in a patient with recent kidney transplantation: a case report and review of the literature.

Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection commonly seen in diabetics and immunocompromised patients. We report a case of disseminated mucormycosis in a 47-year-old diabetic male who underwent deceased donor renal allograft transplantation about 5 weeks prior to presentation. Our patient presented with increasing fatigue, diarrhea and oligoanuria and was found to have significant acute kidney injury.

Not your typical chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation: Aspergillus tracheobronchitis in a nonclassical immunocompromised host.

The present study reports on a 72-year-old female initially treated as a presumed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, but she was ultimately discovered to have Aspergillus tracheobronchitis. Bronchoscopic findings were characteristic, revealing diffuse plaque-like inflammatory lesions extending from midtrachea into the mainstem bronchi. Evidence suggests that the rise in cases is attributable to the growing number of individuals who are immunocompromised secondary to underlying disease, combined with the expanding number of patients receiving glucocorticoids and immunomodulating medications to treat chronic, nonmalignant disorders.