Rhino-orbital-mucormycosis as a presenting manifestation of gestational diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Rhino-orbital mucormycosis is an uncommon and aggressive, angioinvasive fungal infection that occurs in immunocompromised states like diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, hematological malignancies and deferroxamine therapy. We report a patient who presented with rhino-orbital mucormycosis at six months of gestation and was incidentally detected to have diabetes. She was successfully treated with amphotericin B and appropriate surgery. To the best of our knowledge, there is no such report in the literature.

Zygomycosis in pregnancy

“…The recent report on zygomycosis in a pregnant case with diabetes mellitus is very interesting. [ 1 ] Hayat et al . mentioned that this might be the first documented cases.…”