| A case of fatal vascular invasive rhinocerebral mucormycosis after dental extraction in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
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Joong Goo Kim1, Guk Myung Choi2, Young Ree Kim3, Hyun Wook Kang4, Gwan Pyo Koh5, Dae Ho Lee5 |
1Department of Neurology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea
2Department of Radiology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea
3Department of LaboratoryMedicin, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea
4Department of Forensic Medicin, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea
5Department of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea |
Correspondence:
Dae Ho Lee, Email: Ldhkso:@jejunu.ac.kr
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| Abstract |
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Mucormycosis is a rare life-threatening fungal infection that occurs in immunocompromised subjects, including patients with poorly controlled diabetes Mellitus (DM) There have been even rarer case reports that describe the development of rhinocerebral mucormycosis in diabetic patients after dental extraction. Here, we describe a 57-year-old female patient with type 2 DM who developed a fatal vascular invasive rhinocerebral mucormycosis after dental extraction. |
| Key Words:
Mucormycosis, Dental Extraction, Diabetes Mellitus |
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