Cargando…

Rhino-orbital-mucormycosis as a presenting manifestation of gestational diabetes mellitus

Rhino-orbital mucormycosis is an uncommon and aggressive, angioinvasive fungal infection that occurs in immunocompromised states like diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, hematological malignancies and deferroxamine therapy. We report a patient who presented with rhino-orbital mucormycosis at s...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hayat, Mohd, Mushtaq, Syed, Saba, Sameena, Saif, Riyaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21847460
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.83055
Descripción
Sumario:Rhino-orbital mucormycosis is an uncommon and aggressive, angioinvasive fungal infection that occurs in immunocompromised states like diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, hematological malignancies and deferroxamine therapy. We report a patient who presented with rhino-orbital mucormycosis at six months of gestation and was incidentally detected to have diabetes. She was successfully treated with amphotericin B and appropriate surgery. To the best of our knowledge, there is no such report in the literature.