title: A rare presentation of invasive rhino-orbital mucormycosis in an immunocompetent young girl: a case report.
abstract: A 18 year young, healthy, immunocompetent girl presented with proptosis of left eye, referred to eye OPD, suspected clinico-radiologically as malignancy. This presentation with suspicion of malignancy resulted into extensive surgical debridement with removal of left eye, which was diagnosed as mucormycosis on histopathological examination. Her eye could have been saved if the mucormycosis was highly suspected initially, because of the good general health and immunocompetency led to misdirected thought.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, UFHT Medical College, Haldwani, Uttaranchal.
authors.forename: Punam Prasad
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Bhadani
authors.forename: Umesh Kumar
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Bhadani
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thapliyal
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D025301:Hyphae / Q000166:cytology; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed