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• TITLE: Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis in a Diabetic Patient with Idiopathic CD4 + Lymphocytopenia

  AUTHORS: Nuno Rocha Pereira, Paulo Andrade, Laura Sá, Cândida Abreu, Rita Figueiredo, Roberto Silva, António Sarmento

  KEYWORDS: Mucormycosis; Idiopathic CD4 + Lymphocytopenia; Diabetes; Amphotericin B

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Infectious Diseases, Vol.3 No.4, December 3, 2013

  ABSTRACT: A 54-year-old diabetic male, with idiopathic CD4 + lymphocytopenia, was presented with a two-month history of headache and periocular pain followed by vertigo, left hypoacusia and left peripheral facial palsy and hypoesthesia. More than a month after admission, a palate ulcer appeared and Infectious Diseases consultation was required. Mucormycosis was suspected and the diagnosis was confirmed by histologic examination. Despite early surgery and combination antifungal therapy, the patient did not survive. This case report illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing a rare condition with non-specific clinical manifestations and underlines the importance of a timely multidisciplinary approach in order to recognise this highly fatal disease earlier. It also describes a previously non-reported situation of mucormycosis in a patient with idiopathic CD4 + lymphocytopenia.