Early Diagnosis and Surgery is Crucial to Survival Outcome in Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: an update.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Mucormycoses are a group of invasive infections caused by filamentous fungi of the Mucoraceae family, with the rhinocerebral form of the disease being the most common in large case series. In the present paper we review the characteristics of the rhinocerebral form of the disease. EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION SOURCES The present review is based on the analysis of the cur...

Survival of a rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a ketoacidosis patient

Mucormycosis can be a devastating and fatal disease if not treated promptly; unfortunately diagnosis can be a delayed process. Depending on the Hospitals ́ resources diagnosis can be more accurate or not. The mainstay of treatment is still surgical debridement with antifungal therapy. We present a case of a 75-year-old female, with immunosuppression and uncontrolled diabetes that presents to the...

Perineural spread of rhinocerebral mucormycosis.

An unusual pathway of local spread of rhinocerebral mucormycosis is presented with MR and pathologic correlation. Perineural extension, proved with pathology, followed the trigeminal nerve to the pons. Enhancement of the nerve was seen on MR.

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: a rare infection

Two Cases of Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection. The most common infection site is the paranasal sinuses, although it can also occur in the lungs and skin. The fungus adheres to tissue membranes and forms thrombi, causing ischemia and hemorrhagic necrosis. Rhinocerebralmucormycosiscan occurin the nose, but mightrapidly spread to the orbit and intracranium. Therefore, prompt and aggressive...