Fatal rhinocerebral mucormycosis under the shade of hepatic encephalopathy.
Mucormycosis is an acutely fatal infection that occurs in immuncompromised patients. Cirrhosis is an acquired immune deficiency state and those patients are more prone to develop opportunistic infections. A 42-years-old cirrhotic man was admitted to our gastroenterology clinic with hepatic encephalopathy. Although he recovered from encephalopathy with supportive measurements, he developed paresthesia on the face. He was diagnosed with rhinocerebral mucormycosis and antifungal therapy was administered. Surgical treatment couldn.t be performed because of his bleeding diathesis and poor general condition. He succumbed on the 12th day of his admission.
Department of Gastroenterology, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Hilmi
H
Ataseven
Ilhami
I
Yüksel
Selcan
S
Gültuna
Seyfettin
S
Köklü
Serkan
S
Uysal
Omer
O
Basar
Nurgül
N
Sasmaz
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000935:Antifungal Agents