Cranial nerve palsy: an unusual presentation of a fulminant fungal disease.

We report a case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis, which commenced as cranial nerve palsy, in a woman with ignored diabetes mellitus. Mucormycosis should therefore be taken into consideration during the differential diagnosis of cranial nerve palsy, especially in diabetic or immunocompromised patients. PMID: 31305937 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: New Microbiologica - Category: Microbiology Tags: New Microbiol Source Type: research