Palatal mucormycosis masquerading as bacterial and fungal osteomyelitis: A rare case report

• Main Authors: Shalu Rai (Author), Deepankar Misra (Author), Akansha Misra (Author), Ankit Jain (Author), Prerna Jain (Author), Ayush Dhawan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mucormycosis is an acute, fulminating, fungal disease that frequently involves oral, cranial, and facial structures. It is an opportunistic fatal infection which occurs in debilitating and immunosuppressive states. This report documents a rare case of localized maxillary mucormycosis in a patient wi...