Mucormycosis of anterior chest wall in an immunocompetent patient: A rare case report
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 12
Abstract
Mucormycosis is caused by fungi of order mucorales. Rhizopus is a medically important fungi of this order as it is known to cause invasive disease with a fatal outcome. It is commonly seen in immunocompromised individuals like uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, organ transplant, corticosteroids intake, neutropenia or any other condition known to compromise the immune system. Mucormycosis in immunocompetent individuals is extremely rare. We present a rare case of cutaneousmucormycosis of anterior chest wall in an immunocompetent individual therefore emphasizing the need to consider it as a differential diagnosis in patients with cutaneous chronic granulomatous lesions.
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Prachi Kukreja, Sunanda Joshi, Nalini Mittal, B K Verma
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