[Long-term survival in rhino-mucormycosis after conservative treatment].
OBJECTIVE
We describe a case of rhino-mucormycosis, in a 52-year-old male, with diabetes mellitus type 2, III cranial nerve palsy and blindness due to obliteration of central retinal artery and vein of the right eye The patient was treated with anfotericin B and necrotic tissues exeresis of nasal and paranasal (ethmoidal, maxillar and esfenoidal) sinuses, without orbital exenteration.


CONCLUSIONS
After a follow up of five years, no type of relapse was detected, but neovascular glaucoma developed.
Romero Aroca P
Unidad de Oftalmología, Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital Universitario San Joan de Reus, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Rovira y Virgili.
Salvat Serra M
Perena Soriano F
Enjuanes Prades J
del Castillo Dejardin D
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D017741:Survivors; D013997:Time Factors