Open AccessMucormycosis causing maxillary osteomyelitis
Author(s) -
M Selvamani,
Mandana Donoghue,
Shiva Bharani,
GS Madhushankari
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.160039
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , medicine , paranasal sinuses , nose , osteomyelitis , soft tissue , necrosis , thrombosis , diabetes mellitus , surgery , pathology , endocrinology
Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection, more commonly observed in immunocompromised patients. The mode of infection is via the inhalation route and infection begins initially in the nose and paranasal sinuses with subsequent invasion into the vascular tissue, eventually leading to thrombosis and necrosis of nearby hard and soft tissues. Here, we report a case of chronic osteomyelitis of the maxillary bone with fungal infection (mucormycosis) and extensive tissue necrosis in an uncontrolled diabetes mellitus patient.