title: Palatal mucormycosis in patients with hematologic malignancy and stem cell transplantation.
abstract: We present two patients with acute myelogenous leukemia who developed palatal mucormycosis, as well as a review of 15 well described reported cases of the same condition in patients who had hematologic malignancy and had undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Early diagnosis of palatal mucormycosis requires high suspicion of the disease along with a thorough oral examination. Mucormycosis is a devastating disease with a high mortality rate, thereby stressing the importance for early appropriate antifungal therapy in immunocompromised patients with palatal lesions while awaiting the results of histopathology and cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Fadi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Al Akhrass
authors.forename: Labib
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Debiane
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mulanovich
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rolston
authors.forename: Dimitrios P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kontoyiannis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult