Rhinocerebral mucormycosis with dissemination to pontine area in a diabetic patient: Treatment and management

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rapidly life‐threatening disease caused by a fungal infection. Every diabetic patient with sinusitis symptoms, headache, and visual changes needs radiological approach and nasal endoscopy to rule out mucormycosis. The mortality rate is 50%‐85%, despite an early diagno...

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Published in:Clinical case reports 2019-07, Vol.7 (7), p.1382-1387
Main Authors: Galletti, Bruno, Gazia, Francesco, Galletti, Cosimo, Perani, Fulvio, Ciodaro, Francesco, Freni, Francesco, Galletti, Francesco
Format: Article
Language:English
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amphotericin B
Antifungal agents
Case Report
Case Reports
Diabetes
endoscopic sinus surgery
Endoscopy
Fungal infections
Fungi
Mortality
mucor
Patients
rhinocerebral mucormycosis
Sinuses
Studies
Surgery
zygomycetes
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Summary:Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rapidly life‐threatening disease caused by a fungal infection. Every diabetic patient with sinusitis symptoms, headache, and visual changes needs radiological approach and nasal endoscopy to rule out mucormycosis. The mortality rate is 50%‐85%, despite an early diagnosis and a correct treatment. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rapidly life‐threatening disease caused by a fungal infection. Every diabetic patient with sinusitis symptoms, headache, and visual changes needs radiological approach and nasal endoscopy to rule out mucormycosis. The mortality rate is 50%‐85%, despite an early diagnosis and a correct treatment.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.2255