Ptosis in Diabetic- Third nerve Palsy or Mucormycosis? A Case Report
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Medical and Dental Sciences Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 11
Abstract
Orbital mucormycosis, an opportunistic fungal infection is a rare but life threatening infection that generally occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus and other immune deficiency conditions. As such the condition is a medical emergency. Early diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis is extremely important due to the aggressive course of the disease. Control of underlying disease must be established, metabolic abnormalities corrected and antifungal therapy should be combined with surgical debridement of all necrotic tissues. Hereby, we discuss a case orbital mucormycosis in a patient of diabetes mellitus which was treated by a combined approach involving, medical and surgical management.
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Hemika Gupta, Dhairya Parikh, Brijesha Dudhat, Shrikant Deshpande, Jayshree Ghanekar
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