[Rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Report of four cases].
We report four diabetic patients (one male) aged 64, 63, 61 and 77 years old with rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Three had an acute and one a chronic form of the disease. The chronic form was diagnosed with a biopsy of the nasal cavity. Three patients received amphotericin but all died. The diagnosis of the disease must be suspected in diabetics or patients with some type of immune depression.
Bravo
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M
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Militar, Santiago de Chile.
Ferrer
S
S
Etchard
M
M
Trujillo
S
S
D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*