Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis : 1 case

Hou, Sang; Park, Young Hark; Lee, Sang Won; Lee, Hwang

doi:10.35420/jcohns.1991.2.1.89

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1991; 2(1):89-92

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1991.2.1.89

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허상¹, 박영학¹, 이상원¹, 이황¹

Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis : 1 case

Sang Hou¹, Young Hark Park¹, Sang Won Lee¹, Hwang Lee¹

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¹가톨릭대학 의학부 이비인후과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Catholic University Medical College

© Copyright 1991 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: May 31, 2020

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a fungal disease and seen most often associated with diabetic ketoacidosis and immunocompromised patient. The most frequent form is rhinocerebral mucormycosis and this form of the disease typically starts in the nose, paranasal sinuse, or orbit and extends intracranially either by direct invasion or through blood vessel. It may result in fatal course rapidly due to cerebral involverneat if treatment delayed.

This is the report of one case of rhiniocerebral mucormycosis with the review of literatures.

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