Open AccessRhinocerebral mucormycosis associated with actinomycosis in a diabetic patient: A rare presentation
Author(s) -
Sanda Usha Rani,
Sivaranjani Yeluri,
Manchikatla Praveen Kumar,
Venkateswara Rao Guttikonda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_77_18
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , actinomycosis , fulminant , paranasal sinuses , medicine , immunosuppression , dermatology , nose , opportunistic infection , pathology , chronic granulomatous disease , diabetes mellitus , surgery , immunology , virus , viral disease , endocrinology
Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fulminant fungal infection which mainly affects the immunocompromised individuals. It begins in the nose and paranasal sinuses due to the inhalation of fungal spores. The common predisposing factors include diabetes mellitus and immunosuppression. Actinomycosis is a bacterial infection caused by nonspore-forming, anaerobic or microaerophilic bacterial species of the genus Actinomyces . It is a suppurative and chronic granulomatous disease characterized by abscess formation, tissue fibrosis and draining sinuses rarely diagnosed in humans. A case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis associated with actinomycosis of the maxilla involving the palate in an uncontrolled diabetic patient is reported.