Mucormycosis in a diabetic ketoacidosis patient.
Oral cavity is considered to be a kaleidoscope for body's general health. Many systemic conditions do present with diverse oral manifestations. Mucormycosis involving the oral cavity is one such entity that presents as necrosis of bone in immunocompromised patients. Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that mainly affects the patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Hereby, we report a case of mucormycosis involving the palate in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis.
Department of Dentistry, ESIC Medical, College and PGIMSR, K.K. Nagar, Chennai, India. Electronic address: vijiganesan17@yahoo.in.
G Sree
GS
Vijayabala
Rajeshwari G
RG
Annigeri
Ramachandran
R
Sudarshan
D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010159:Palate / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Diabetic ketoacidosis; Mucormycosis; Palatal necrosis