title: Rhino-orbital-mucormycosis as a presenting manifestation of gestational diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Rhino-orbital mucormycosis is an uncommon and aggressive, angioinvasive fungal infection that occurs in immunocompromised states like diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, hematological malignancies and deferroxamine therapy. We report a patient who presented with rhino-orbital mucormycosis at six months of gestation and was incidentally detected to have diabetes. She was successfully treated with amphotericin B and appropriate surgery. To the best of our knowledge, there is no such report in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SMHS Hospital Srinagar, J&K, India.
authors.forename: Mohd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayat
authors.forename: Syed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mushtaq
authors.forename: Sameena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Riyaz
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saif