title: [Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: A case report].
abstract: Mucormycosis is a rare and acute fungal infection which is frequently lethal, usually observed in non-controlled diabetic patients. The infection usually begins in the nose but it can invade the lung, the digestive tract, and the skin. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis accounts for 40 to 49% of mucormycosis cases. We report the case of a 53-year-old diabetic man, with chronic renal failure, presenting with rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Our patient was treated by an association of amphotericin B and surgical debridement. This observation provides on opportunity to recall clinical, histopathological, and therapeutic aspects of rhinocerebral mucormycosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, hôpital la Rabta, 7, rue Moncef-Bey, Menzeh 7, 2091 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zeddini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferchichi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bel Haj Salah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kharrat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zainine
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bellil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haouet
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kchir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zitouna
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery