Murocmycotic slough of nasal floor and palate in the anephric patient.
A case of nasopalatine mucormycosis in a patient with chronic renal failure is reported. Early recognition is contingent on histopathological examination of tissue and culturing. Vigorous treatment with amphotericin B and surgical intervention averted possible orbital-cranial involvement and effected a cure. When a chronically debilitated patient has signs of intraoral necrosis or facial swelling and necrosis, or both, the clinician should be alert to the possibility of a mucormycotic infection.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D009957:Oroantral Fistula / Q000473:pathology; D010159:Palate