COVID-19 associated multisystemic mucormycosis from India: a multicentric retrospective study on clinical profile, predisposing factors, cumulative mortality and factors affecting outcome.

Purpose: The clinical course of COVID-19 has been complicated by secondary infections, including bacterial and fungal infections. The rapid rise in the incidence of invasive mucormycosis in these patients is very much concerning. COVID-19-associated mucormycosis was detected in huge numbers during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, with several predisposing factors indicated in its pathogenesis.

Cytodiagnostic aspects of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma manifesting with small cell morphology on respiratory specimens: a case report.

Background: Exfoliation of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) cells with small cell morphology in respiratory specimens can cause a diagnostic dilemma, particularly in patients with a history of bronchorrhea.

Case: A 59-year-old man presented with cough, breathlessness, and bronchorrhea. Clinically, he was diagnosed to have right-sided pulmonary consolidation.