Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review

AUTOR(ES)

Pellicelli, Adriano M, D'Ambrosio, Cecilia, Villani, Roberto, Cerasari, Giuseppe, Ialongo, Pasquale, Cortese, Andrea, Grillo, Lucia Rosalba, Soccorsi, Fabrizio

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009-08

RESUMO

Only few cases of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in patients with liver cirrhosis are described in the literature and most of these patients showed an associated diabetes mellitus. We describe a case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in a patient with liver cirrhosis without other risk factors.

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