Mucormycosis: a devastating fungal infection in diabetics.
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.
Rashid
Muhammad
M
Department of ENT, PAF Hospital, Sargodha. mrjaggal@yahoo.com
Bari
Arfan ul
Au
Majeed
Shahid
S
Tariq
Khalid Mehmood
KM
Haq
Inam ul
Iu
Niwaz
Azhar
A
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