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Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp
; 40(1): 51-2, 1989.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2629928
ABSTRACT
We present a 43-year-old patient with a history of immunodepression secondary to a renal transplant, chronic herpetic hepatitis and steroid diabetes, who showed sudden symptomatology suggestive of rhinocerebral mucormycosis, which was confirmed through cultures of the material obtained after a Caldwell-Luc operation of the affected sinus. Once the diagnosis was confirmed, a radical left superior maxillectomy was performed and medical treatment with progressive doses of amphotericin B was given. The patient improved markedly and left the hospital four months later.