Mucormycosis of the Palate

Authors

  • VB Thimmarasa Professsor, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Rama Dental College Hospital & Research Centre (RDCH&RC), Kanpur
  • P Devi Professsor & Head, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, (RDCH&RC), Kanpur
  • V Mehrotra Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, (RDCH&RC), Kanpur
  • M Gupta Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, (RDCH&RC), Kanpur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jafmc.v6i1.5989

Keywords:

Mucormycosis, palatal perforation, fungal infection

Abstract

Mucormycosis is an invasive, potentially lethal fulminant fungal infection that is caused by normally
saprophytic fungus belonging to the class zygomycetes. Mucormycosis is characterized by its unrelenting
progression towards vital organs with marked propensity towards arterial wall by direct extension producing
vascular thrombosis leading to ischaemic necrosis. The maxilla rarely undergoes necrosis due to its rich
vascularity. The case report here was a case of mucormycosis with extensive necrosis of maxilla in a 48 year
old male patient with palatal perforation as the sole presentation of mucormycosis.

Key words: Mucormycosis; palatal perforation; fungal infection.

DOI: 10.3329/jafmc.v6i1.5989

Journal of Armed Forces Medical College, Bangladesh Vol.6(1) 2010 p.29-31

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Thimmarasa, V., Devi, P., Mehrotra, V., & Gupta, M. (2010). Mucormycosis of the Palate. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College, Bangladesh, 6(1), 29–31. https://doi.org/10.3329/jafmc.v6i1.5989

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2010)

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Case Reports

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