Rhinocerebral mucormycosis associated with actinomycosis in a diabetic patient: A rare presentation

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: a rare infection

Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis: Report of a Rare Case

BACKGROUND Mucormycosis is one of the rapidly progressing and lethal form of fungal infection which involves the nose and paranasal sinuses of the head and the neck regions. Mucormycosis also remains a threat to patients with uncontrolled diabetes or other predisposing systemic conditions. It manifests as rhinocerebral, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cutaneous or disseminated form. The underlying...

Otocerebral Mucormycosis: A Rare Case in a Diabetic Patient with Unusual Presentation

Mucormycosis is the common name given to clinical disease caused by fungi of the order Mucoraceae of class zygomycetes. Mucormycosis is a life threatening fungal infection which commonly affects the Immunocompromised hosts almost uniformly in developing as well as industrialised countries. Mucorales are distributed into six families all of which can cause cutaneous and deep fungal infections. O...

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a patient with AIDS: a complication of diabetic ketoacidosis following pentamidine therapy.

Figure 1. Total WBC count (0) and ANC (e) for patient 1, a 37year-old male who developed vancomycin-induced neutropenia. G-CSF (600 f.Lg iv) was initially administered on days 30 and 33 of therapy. Additional 300-f.Lg doses of iv G-CSF were administered twice weekly (on days 38-52) and thrice weekly (on days 55-78) until vancomycin therapy was completed. ANC = absolute neutrophil count. 8,500

Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Figure 1. Yellow-black discoloration of upper palate. Figure 2. Paranasal sinus CT scan revealed a defect of the nasal septum and skin and subcutaneous edema.