VII Rhinocerebral and Otologic Mucormycosis

Bergstrom, LaVonne; Hemenway, William G.; Barnhart, Roger A.

doi:10.1177/000348947007900107

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“…Mucormycosis of the middle ear and mastoid in nondiabetic patients has not been reported in the English literature in this part of the world to the best of our knowledge. This infection is caused by the family of mucoraceae which belongs to the class of phycomycetes [6]. Hence both the terms mucormycosis and phycomycosis are justifiable [7,8].…”

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Mucormycosis of the Middle Ear: A Case Report with Review of Literature

Hazarika¹,

Zachariah²,

Victor³

et al. 2011

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Mucor is a saprophytic organism and commonly invades the nose and paranasal sinuses of immunocompromised and diabetic patients involvement of the middle ear and mastoid in a nondiabetic patients is very rare and this may be the first case report clinical presentation of ear pain with reference to the mastoid and upper neck may be the early symptoms unlike the foul smelling ear discharge as seen in atticoantral disease. Radical debridement in the form of M.R.M with or without the use of amphotericin B may suffice in non-diabetic patients this case is reported to highlight the point that mucormycosis can also involve middle ear and mastoid in nondiabetic patients.

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Mucormycosis of the Middle Ear: A Case Report with Review of Literature

Hazarika¹,

Zachariah²,

Victor³

et al. 2011

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…Fungal mastoiditis is likely to cause serious complications such as sensorineural deafness [4,13] and facial palsy [1,4,11,15]. Fungal infection also has a tendency to cause local destruction [4,13,15].…”

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“…Fungal mastoiditis is almost exclusively seen in immunocompromised patients, such as those with leukemia [6,10,11,12,13,14], acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [2,5,13,15,16], and diabetes mellitus [1,4,9,10]. Reported here is a case of fungal mastoiditis in an immunocompetent adult.…”

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Fungal mastoiditis in an immunocompetent adult

Ohki

Ito

Ishimoto

2001

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

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Manifest fungal infection of the middle ear, fungal mastoiditis, is a very rare entity, which is almost exclusively seen in immunocompromised patients. The authors present a case of fungal mastoiditis in a 52-year-old woman without immunocompromise. The patient presented with acutely progressing symptoms of hearing loss and dysequilibrium. Bony fistula of the semicircular canal was noted on CT scans and a marginal perforation of the tympanic membrane was also seen. Her hearing recovered following the surgery, which revealed massive granulations and proliferation of fungi but no cholesteatoma in the mastoid cavity. Fungal infection of the middle ear is rare, but can cause serious complications. The possibility should be considered even in immunocompetent patients.

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“…The microbiologie description and details of the clinical picture have been recently reviewed and need not be presented again here. 1 The occurrence of this disease in patients with altered host resistance is well-known.…”

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