title: Cutaneous mucormycosis in a leukemic patient.
abstract: Mucormycosis is a fulminant and uncommon fungal infection of skin which mostly occurs in immunocompromised patients. Early diagnosis followed by aggressive debridement and administration of antifungal agents is the key to management. We report primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a 23 years old patient of acute leucocytic leukemia who developed this lesion over volar surface of right forearm at the site of intravenous cannulation during induction phase of chemotherapy. The condition was treated successfully by wide surgical debridement, amphotericin-B, wound care and definitive reconstruction with skin graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. docsajad@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Sajad Ahmad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Salati
authors.forename: Sari M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rabah
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007938:Leukemia / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult