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Mucormycosis: Multimedia
Updated: Jul 1, 2008
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 | Media file 1: Postmortem photograph of a woman with diabetes and left rhinocerebral mucormycosis complicating ketoacidosis. Rhizopus oryzae was the causative organism. Note the orbital and facial cellulitis and the black nasal discharge. (Courtesy of A. Allworth, MD, Brisbane, Australia) |
 | Media file 2: The right eye of an immunocompetent man who sustained a high-pressure water jet injury, resulting in rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Traumatic inoculation of Apophysomyces elegans was the pathogenetic mechanism. Note the proptosis. (Courtesy of A. Allworth, MD, Brisbane, Australia) |
 | Media file 3: The right eye of an immunocompetent man who sustained a high-pressure water jet injury, resulting in rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Traumatic inoculation of Apophysomyces elegans was the pathogenetic mechanism. A picture of chemosis is shown. Internal and external ophthalmoplegia, no light perception, and afferent pupil defect were present, which is consistent with orbital apex syndrome. (Courtesy of A. Allworth, MD, Brisbane, Australia) |
 | Media file 4: An immunocompetent man who sustained a high-pressure water jet injury, resulting in rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Traumatic inoculation of Apophysomyces elegans was the pathogenetic mechanism. A surgical field of this patient is shown. Excision of the right orbit, maxillary antrum, nasal cavity, sphenoid sinus, and infratemporal fossa has taken place. The tissue was infarcted. (Courtesy of A. Allworth, MD, Brisbane, Australia) |
 | Media file 5: Histologic findings from an immunocompetent man who sustained a high-pressure water jet injury, resulting in rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Traumatic inoculation of Apophysomyces elegans was the pathogenetic mechanism. Findings show the typical Mucorales hyphae on Grocott methenamine-silver staining. The hyphae are the dark structures with budlike, right-angle hyphae. (Courtesy of A. Allworth, MD, Brisbane, Australia) |
 | Media file 6: An immunocompetent man who sustained a high-pressure water jet injury, resulting in rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Traumatic inoculation of Apophysomyces elegans was the pathogenetic mechanism. Picture of the patient after successful treatment with repeated surgical debridement and high-dose liposomal amphotericin B. (Courtesy of A. Allworth, MD, Brisbane, Australia) |
 | Media file 7: Chest CT scan showing pulmonary mucormycosis with left basal consolidation and widespread nodules due to Rhizopus oryzae infection. The patient was receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy for myelodysplastic syndrome and had iron overload from numerous blood transfusions. |
 | Media file 8: Chest CT scan showing pulmonary mucormycosis with left basal consolidation and widespread nodules due to Rhizopus oryzae infection. The patient was receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy for myelodysplastic syndrome and had iron overload from numerous blood transfusions. Chest CT scan of patient shows resolution of pulmonary mucormycosis after 5 months of antifungal treatment. |
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Keywords
Rhizopus species, mucormycosis, zygomycosis, phycomycosis, Mucorales, Rhizopus mucormycosis , Rhizomucor mucormycosis , Cunninghamella mucormycosis , Apophysomyces mucormycosis , Saksenaea mucormycosis , Absidia mucormycosis , Mucor mucormycosis , Syncephalastrum mucormycosis , Cokeromyces mucormycosis , Mortierella mucormycosis, conidiobolomycosis, entomophthoramycosis, basidiobolomycosis, pulmonary mucormycosis, rhinocerebral mucormycosis, cutaneous mucormycosis, gastrointestinal mucormycosis, disseminated mucormycosis
