Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a 5-month heart transplant recipient

Fulminant mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient.

Sir, Mucormycosis is an uncommon deep mycosis caused by eumycetes included in the Mucorale order that belong to the zygomycete class (1). Species of Rhizopus, Mucor and Absidia are the most frequently isolated zygomycotic fungi in human infected tissue (2). They can cause opportunistic infections in the immunocompromised host and in patients with underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus or...

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...

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: a rare infection

Rhinomaxillary mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient: case report.

OBJECTIVES Rhinomaxillary mucormycosis is a clinical manifestation of zygomycosis in solid-organ transplant recipients. Without proper diagnosis and treatment, rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis, particularly a central nervous system disease, will develop with substantial complications. CASE REPORT A 42-year-old man who had undergone renal transplant was admitted to our otolaryngology departm...

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.