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Pulmonary mucormycosis is a life‐threatening invasive fungal infection usually seen in the background of immunosuppression, haematological malignancies, or uncontrolled diabetes. Immunocompetent hosts can also be affected. Isolated endobronchial mucormycosis is rare with only a few cases reported in the literature. Here, we present a case of an endobronchial mass masquerading as a tumour that was later diagnosed as invasive mucormycosis by histopathological examination.

Melioidosis is a Gram‐negative bacterial disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. It has got an increasing prevalence in India, although it is not endemic in the country. Rarely, this disease may pose a diagnostic dilemma, because of its similarities with tuberculosis in clinical, radiological, and pathological features. Mediastinal lymphadenopathy as a presentation is rare in melioidosis. Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) could be a useful technique in obtaining samples from necrotic mediastinal lesions. We report three cases of mediastinal melioidosis where EBUS‐guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) aided in early diagnosis.

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