Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report

José Humberto Bravo, Andrés Mauricio Agudelo, Armando Cortés, Lorena Matta, .

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i0.3383
Keywords: Mucormycosis, mycoses, fungi, Rhizopus
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Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin is an acute infection caused by opportunistic fungi belonging to the order of Mucorales, which affects mainly diabetic and immunocompromised patients.
We report the case of a 63-year old diabetic man who performed a dental extraction on himself by his own means and subsequently developed a rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis with cutaneous and palatal affection. The species isolated in the mycological culture was Rhizopus sp.

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  • José Humberto Bravo Departamento de Anatomía Patológica y Patología Clínica, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  • Andrés Mauricio Agudelo Departamento de Anatomía Patológica y Patología Clínica, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  • Armando Cortés Departamento de Anatomía Patológica y Patología Clínica, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  • Lorena Matta Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5215-3215

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Bravo JH, Agudelo AM, Cortés A, Matta L. Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis from dental origin: Case report. biomedica [Internet]. 2018 Mar. 15 [cited 2024 May 18];38(1):27-31. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3383

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2018-03-15
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Vol. 38 No. 1 (2018)
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