title: Mucormycosis of the nasal ala in a leukemic (M7 AML) child. Is surgery of the nasal defect indicated?
abstract: Anterior tamponade with Surgicel (oxidized cellulose) was performed on a 5-year-old girl with megakaryoblastic leukemia (M7 AML) and epistaxis. Several days later necrosis of the nasal ala occurred. Debridement was performed and mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus was found in the material. Having cured mucormycosis, a defect of the complete nasal ala remained. The question of a surgical resolution of the disfiguring nasal defect arises.
authors.affiliation: University of Rijeka, Rijeka University Hospital Center, Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velepic
authors.forename: Dubravko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manestar
authors.forename: Vladimir V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Ahel
authors.forename: Zeljko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Linsak
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malvić
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007947:Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*