Literature DB >> 2666896

A rapidly fatal palatal ulcer: rhinocerebral mucormycosis.

A J Van der Westhuijzen1, F W Grotepass, G Wyma, A Padayachee.   

Abstract

A case of a patient with a palatal ulcer who was in a diabetic ketoacidotic coma is described. This ulcer proved to be the presenting sign of rhinocerebral mucormycosis. The patient had hemifacial swelling, ocular signs, and gross tissue destruction and died less than 4 weeks after she was first seen.

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Year:  1989        PMID: 2666896     DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(89)90111-4

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol        ISSN: 0030-4220


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