A Case of Chronic Invasive Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis with Pott’s Puffy Tumor
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2019.00311
- Author:
Chan LEE
1
;
Sung-Eun CHOI
;
Hyung-Ju CHO
;
Jong-Gyun HA
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2020;63(8):375-380
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Mucormycosis is one of the most fatal and rapidly progressive fungal infections in humans; among its many forms. rhinocerebral mucormycosis is the most common. It is known to occur as opportunistic infection in patients with uncontrolled diabetes, metabolic disorders, organ transplantation, or autoimmune disease with prolonged steroid use. Pott’s puffy tumor is the subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone caused by trauma complication or frontal sinusitis. It is considered as a very rare complication since the dawn of antibiotic treatments. We report a case of chronic rhinocerebral mucormycosis involving Pott’s puffy tumor in a patient receiving immunosuppressive therapy after lung transplantation.
