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Diagnosis of the misdiagnosed: Mucormycosis depicting periodontitis

Oral cavity is habitat for plethora of micro-organism causing various diseases. The most common includes dental caries, periodontal diseases, etc. Dental practice may rarely encounter unusual and subtle symptoms with nonpathognomonic clinical signs of several fatal diseases which may pretend like a...

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Autores principales: Deshpande, Prasannasrinivas, Patil, Karthikeya, Guledgud, Mahima V., Prashanthi, N. Mounika
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8452173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34667390
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jisp.jisp_720_20
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author Deshpande, Prasannasrinivas
Patil, Karthikeya
Guledgud, Mahima V.
Prashanthi, N. Mounika
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description Oral cavity is habitat for plethora of micro-organism causing various diseases. The most common includes dental caries, periodontal diseases, etc. Dental practice may rarely encounter unusual and subtle symptoms with nonpathognomonic clinical signs of several fatal diseases which may pretend like a common oral disease. Hence, the knowledge and clinical acumen of diagnostician are necessary for the early diagnosis of such fatal infections to prevent untoward consequences. Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive necrotic fungal infection with a high morbidity and mortality rate. It commonly occurs in patients with debilitating diseases and immunocompromised individuals. Clinically, it manifests as rhino-orbito-cerebral, pulmonary, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, renal, and disseminated form. Disease affecting the facial region is a challenge as it often disseminates with orbital and cranial involvement at the time of diagnosis. This article presents a case of mucormycosis which mimicked as severe periodontitis in a patient leading to delay in the diagnosis and challenges during the treatment.
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spelling pubmed-84521732021-10-18 Diagnosis of the misdiagnosed: Mucormycosis depicting periodontitis Deshpande, Prasannasrinivas Patil, Karthikeya Guledgud, Mahima V. Prashanthi, N. Mounika J Indian Soc Periodontol Case Report Oral cavity is habitat for plethora of micro-organism causing various diseases. The most common includes dental caries, periodontal diseases, etc. Dental practice may rarely encounter unusual and subtle symptoms with nonpathognomonic clinical signs of several fatal diseases which may pretend like a common oral disease. Hence, the knowledge and clinical acumen of diagnostician are necessary for the early diagnosis of such fatal infections to prevent untoward consequences. Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive necrotic fungal infection with a high morbidity and mortality rate. It commonly occurs in patients with debilitating diseases and immunocompromised individuals. Clinically, it manifests as rhino-orbito-cerebral, pulmonary, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, renal, and disseminated form. Disease affecting the facial region is a challenge as it often disseminates with orbital and cranial involvement at the time of diagnosis. This article presents a case of mucormycosis which mimicked as severe periodontitis in a patient leading to delay in the diagnosis and challenges during the treatment. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8452173/ /pubmed/34667390 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jisp.jisp_720_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Society of Periodontology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8452173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34667390
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jisp.jisp_720_20
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