Rhinomaxillary Mucormycosis with Palatal Perforation: A Case Report
Published: September 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4775
Sreenath G, A. Ravi Prakash, M. Rajni kanth, P. Sreenivas Reddy, Pavani Vidhyadhari
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2. Head of the Department, Department of Oral Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
3. Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
4. Professor, Department of Oral Surgery, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
5. PG student, Department of Oral Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Pavani,
G.Pulla Reddy Dental College, Kurnool, (Andhra Pradesh) India.
Phone: 09581100699, E-mail: pavani.vidhyadhari31@gmail.com
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.
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