Five cases of rhinocerebral mucormycosis.

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg

Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Services Institute of Medical Sciences & Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.

Published: March 2007

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rare and often fatal fungal infection in immunocompromised patients. We encountered three women and two men with diabetes and mucormycosis in a period of 4 years. Two of the patients died.

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