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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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Rhino-orbital-mucormycosis as a presenting manifestation of gestational diabetes mellitus
Mohd Hayat, Syed Mushtaq, Sameena Saba, Riyaz Saif
Department of Medicine, SMHS Hospital Srinagar, J&K, India
Correspondence Address:
Syed Mushtaq
Department of Medicine, SMHS Hospital Srinagar J&K
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.83055
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Rhino-orbital mucormycosis is an uncommon and aggressive, angioinvasive fungal infection that occurs in immunocompromised states like diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, hematological malignancies and deferroxamine therapy. We report a patient who presented with rhino-orbital mucormycosis at six months of gestation and was incidentally detected to have diabetes. She was successfully treated with amphotericin B and appropriate surgery. To the best of our knowledge, there is no such report in the literature. |
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