J Oral Maxillofac Surg
June 2019
Purpose: Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic and aggressive deep fungal infection that predominantly affects immunocompromised patients, and its mortality rate has been reported as up to 80%. Typing of the infection is based mainly on clinical and anatomic presentations, with the most common being the rhinocerebral type.
Materials And Methods: This report presents 3 patients with cancer who had successful treatment of mandibular mucormycosis.