Rhinomaxillary mucormycosis with palatal perforation: a case report.
Mucormycosis are a group of invasive infections caused by filamentous fungi of the Mucoraceae family. Mucormycosis is essentially limited to immunocompromised patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, hematologic malignancy, organ transplant, chemotherapy, chronic renal insufficiency, malnutrition, deferoxamine therapy and severe burns. The fungi invade arteries leading to thrombosis that subsequently causes necrosis of hard and soft tissues. Here, we present a case report of a 50-year-old diabetic patient with rhinomaxillary form of mucormycosis.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College , Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India .
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G
Sreenath
Head of the Department, Department of Oral Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College , Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India .
A Ravi
AR
Prakash
Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College , Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India .
M Rajni
MR
Kanth
Professor, Department of Oral Surgery, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College , Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India .
P Sreenivas
PS
Reddy
PG student, Department of Oral Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College , Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India .
Pavani
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Vidhyadhari
Amphotericin- B; Diabetes mellitus; Mucoraceae; Mucormycosis granulomatous