[Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: A case report].
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.
Zeddini
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Service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, hôpital la Rabta, 7, rue Moncef-Bey, Menzeh 7, 2091 Tunis, Tunisie.
Mekni
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A
Ferchichi
L
L
Bel Haj Salah
M
M
Kharrat
S
S
Zainine
R
R
Bellil
K
K
Bellil
S
S
Haouet
S
S
Kchir
N
N
Zitouna
M
M
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