Rapidly progressive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes: A case report

  • Authors:
    • Yan‑Xia Chen
    • Yin‑Xi He
    • Hong Zhou
    • Mian Wang
    • Sheng‑Ou Su
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  • Published online on: January 20, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4074
  • Pages: 1054-1056
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Abstract

With the ongoing economic development, lifestyle changes and an aging population, diabetes mellitus has be come one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the world. Rhino‑orbito‑cerebral (ROC) mucormycosis is a rare, acute and angioinvasive fungal infection that can be fatal. Mucormycosis occurs exclusively in immunocompromised patients with diabetes mellitus and other types of immunodeficiency and has three subtypes: Rhino‑maxillary, rhino‑orbital and ROC mucormycosis. The present study reported on a case of ROC mucormycosis in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis. In the present case, the pathogen afflicted all of the above organs, including the left eye, nasal cavity, hard palate and cerebrum.
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Chen YX, He YX, Zhou H, Wang M and Su SO: Rapidly progressive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes: A case report. Exp Ther Med 13: 1054-1056, 2017
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Chen, Y., He, Y., Zhou, H., Wang, M., & Su, S. (2017). Rapidly progressive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 13, 1054-1056. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4074
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Chen, Y., He, Y., Zhou, H., Wang, M., Su, S."Rapidly progressive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 13.3 (2017): 1054-1056.
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Chen, Y., He, Y., Zhou, H., Wang, M., Su, S."Rapidly progressive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 13, no. 3 (2017): 1054-1056. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4074