Rare Presentation of Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Zygomycosis: Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy
Author(s) -
Alireza Mohebbi,
Hesam Jahandideh,
Ali Amini Harandi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2011/216404
Subject(s) - zygomycosis , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , paralysis , facial nerve palsy , facial paralysis , palsy , dermatology , surgery , pathology , antifungal , amphotericin b , alternative medicine
Rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis afflicts primarily diabetics and immunocompromised individual, but can also occur in normal hosts rarely. We here presented an interesting case of facial nerve palsy and multiple cold abscesses of neck due to rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis in an otherwise healthy man. Although some reports of facial nerve paralysis in conjunction with rhino-orbital-cerebral zygomycosis exist, no case of bilateral complete facial paralysis has been reported in the literature to date.
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