title: Mucormycosis: a devastating fungal infection in diabetics.
abstract: Mucormycosis is a highly invasive, devastating and usually fatal fungal infection of the sinuses, brain, or lungs that occurs primarily in people with immune disorders. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, a high mortality still exists. We present a middle aged diabetic male with this serious fungal infection involving nose, paranasal area and adjacent periorbital regions with a high risk of progressing further towards the dura mater. He was promptly diagnosed and managed with serial surgical debridements with systemic antifungals and was later fitted with a nasal prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, PAF Hospital, Sargodha. mrjaggal@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.forename: Arfan ul
authors.initials: Au
authors.lastname: Bari
authors.forename: Shahid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Majeed
authors.forename: Khalid Mehmood
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Tariq
authors.forename: Inam ul
authors.initials: Iu
authors.lastname: Haq
authors.forename: Azhar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niwaz
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009915:Orbit