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ea0056ep75 | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism | ECE2018

Mucormycosis in a patient with diabetes and orbital trauma

Unesi Seyma , Gungunes Askin , Arikan Senay Durmaz , Comert Ela , Teksut Melike

Introduction: Mucormycosis is a serious fungal infection, It is frequently observed in immunocompromised patients such as diabetes mellitus. The most common clinical presentation of mucormycosis is rhino-orbita- cerebral infection.Case presentation: A seventy three-years- old man with diabetes mellitus who was operated due to orbital trauma a mounth ago. Periorbital cellulitis and diabetic ketosis developed during post-operative period and the patient wa...