Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review
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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| author | Adriano M Pellicelli Cecilia D'Ambrosio Roberto Villani Giuseppe Cerasari Pasquale Ialongo Andrea Cortese Lucia Rosalba Grillo Fabrizio Soccorsi |
| author_facet | Adriano M Pellicelli Cecilia D'Ambrosio Roberto Villani Giuseppe Cerasari Pasquale Ialongo Andrea Cortese Lucia Rosalba Grillo Fabrizio Soccorsi |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-85d51664fe374345974cb63ba15549432022-12-22T00:59:46ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439113431431610.1590/S1413-86702009000400015S1413-86702009000400015Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature reviewAdriano M Pellicelli0Cecilia D'Ambrosio1Roberto Villani2Giuseppe Cerasari3Pasquale Ialongo4Andrea Cortese5Lucia Rosalba Grillo6Fabrizio Soccorsi7San Camillo Forlanini HospitalSan Camillo Forlanini HospitalSan Camillo Forlanini HospitalSan Camillo Forlanini HospitalSan Camillo Forlanini HospitalSan Camillo Forlanini HospitalSan Camillo Forlanini HospitalSan Camillo Forlanini HospitalOnly 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000400015&lng=en&tlng=enLiver cirrhosisrhino-orbital mucormycosisimmunocompromised patientsmucorsurgical treatment |
| spellingShingle | Adriano M Pellicelli Cecilia D'Ambrosio Roberto Villani Giuseppe Cerasari Pasquale Ialongo Andrea Cortese Lucia Rosalba Grillo Fabrizio Soccorsi Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Liver cirrhosis rhino-orbital mucormycosis immunocompromised patients mucor surgical treatment |
| title | Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review |
| title_full | Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review |
| title_fullStr | Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review |
| title_short | Liver cirrhosis and rhino-orbital mucormycosis, a possible but rare association: description of a clinical case and literature review |
| title_sort | liver cirrhosis and rhino orbital mucormycosis a possible but rare association description of a clinical case and literature review |
| topic | Liver cirrhosis rhino-orbital mucormycosis immunocompromised patients mucor surgical treatment |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000400015&lng=en&tlng=en |
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