title: [Rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Apropos of a case].
abstract: We present a 43-year-old patient with a history of immunodepression secondary to a renal transplant, chronic herpetic hepatitis and steroid diabetes, who showed sudden symptomatology suggestive of rhinocerebral mucormycosis, which was confirmed through cultures of the material obtained after a Caldwell-Luc operation of the affected sinus. Once the diagnosis was confirmed, a radical left superior maxillectomy was performed and medical treatment with progressive doses of amphotericin B was given. The patient improved markedly and left the hospital four months later.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escalante Avila
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Medina Gómez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Juan Ivars
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Portell Soriano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández Vega
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B
vernacular_title: Mucormicosis rinocerebral. A propósito de un caso.