Chronic Invasive Sinonasal Mucormycosis; A Rare Disease Entity

Kim, Dongwon; Kim, Jae wook; Ahn, Sang Jung; Hong, Sung Lyong

doi:2016.23.2.119

J Rhinol > Volume 23(2); 2016

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2016;23(2):119-123.
Published online November 30, 2016.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18787/jr.2016.23.2.119

Chronic Invasive Sinonasal Mucormycosis; A Rare Disease Entity

Dongwon Kim, Jae wook Kim, Sang Jung Ahn, Sung Lyong Hong

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea. st-dragonhong@hanmail.net
²Department of Pathology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
³Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.

모균에 의한 만성 침습성 비부비동염 1례

김동원, 김재욱, 안상정, 홍성룡

부산대학교병원 이비인후과,¹ 병리과,² 의생명연구원³

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a rare invasive fungal infection of the nose and paranasal sinus, which often has an acute fulminant course and distinctive clinical findings. It usually occurs in diabetics or immunocompromised patients and shows rapid progression with a high mortality rate. Slow, silent progression is a highly unusual presentation of this disease. Herein, we report a case of mucormycosis with a chronic course of invasion into the hard palate and the maxillary sinus.

Key Words: Mucormycosis;Chronic;Sinusitis;Hard palate;Diabetes mellitus