Rhinocerebral mucormycosis with dissemination to pontine area in a diabetic patient: Treatment and management

Abstract

Abstract Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rapidly life‐threatening disease caused by a fungal infection. Every diabetic patient with sinusitis symptoms, headache, and visual changes needs radiological approach and nasal endoscopy to rule out mucormycosis. The mortality rate is 50%‐85%, despite an early diagnosis and a correct treatment.

Keywords

• amphotericin B
• endoscopic sinus surgery
• mucor
• rhinocerebral mucormycosis
• zygomycetes