RECOVERY FROM RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS IN A KETOACIDOTIC DIABETIC PATIENT - A CASE-REPORT

An 18-year-old woman with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus develope d an infection of the paranasal sinuses with Rhizopus oryzae resulting in facial swelling, hemiplegia and blindness of the right eye. The th erapy of this rhinocerebral mucormycosis consisted of extensive surgic al debridement, administration of high-dose amphotericin B, hyperbaric oxygen and control of the underlying predisposing diabetes mellitus. The patient eventually recovered with however, the loss of one eye.