Mucormycosis of Middle Ear – An Incidental Finding
Journal Title: International Journal of Research and Review - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Mucormycosis is a saprophytic fungal infection, commonly affecting the paranasal sinuses. An aggressive invasive form of infection is common in people with uncontrolled diabetes and in individuals with immunocompromised state. Most of the reported cases of otomycosis by mucor are of invasive disease in people with long history of diabetes mellitus. Thecase presented here as mucormycosis of middle ear cavity was diagnosed incidentally in a healthy nondiabetic woman while performing tympanoplasty as part of management of chronic suppurative otitis media.
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Dr. Avni Gupta
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