title: Rare presentation of rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis: bilateral facial nerve palsy.
abstract: Rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis afflicts primarily diabetics and immunocompromised individual, but can also occur in normal hosts rarely. We here presented an interesting case of facial nerve palsy and multiple cold abscesses of neck due to rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis in an otherwise healthy man. Although some reports of facial nerve paralysis in conjunction with rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis exist, no case of bilateral complete facial paralysis has been reported in the literature to date.
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Department and Research Center, Hazrat-e Rasool Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohebbi
authors.forename: Hesam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jahandideh
authors.forename: Ali Amini
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Harandi