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Fırat Tıp Dergisi |
2009, Cilt 14, Sayı 3, Sayfa(lar) 210-212 |
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Craniofacial Mucormycosis: A Case Report |
Mehmet ERKALELİ1, İnci ALACACIOĞLU1, Bahriye PAYZIN1, Murat ERMETE2, Sakine Leyla ARSLAN1 |
1Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, İZMİR, Türkiye 2Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, İZMİR, Türkiye |
Craniofacial-rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rare and life-threatening invasive fungal infection which results in high mortality. It is most often found
in patients with hematologic malignancy, diabetic ketoacidosis, organ transplantation, HIV disease, drug abuse and haemodialysis. Rhinocerebral
mucormycosis is the most common form. The patient was admitted to our hospital because of relapsed leukemia. He was treated with salvage
chemotherapy with G-CSF support and also treated with antibiotherapy including antifungal agent due to neutropenic fever. He developed a necrotic
lesions at nares, hard palate and skin. Craniofacial mucormycosis was diagnosed with physical and histopathologic findings. Although the patient was
given an antifungal therapy he didn't improve and died. This case was reported to emphasize the mucormycosis which results in high mortality.
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