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ArticleClinical case reports2019

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis with dissemination to pontine area in a diabetic patient: Treatment and management.

Bruno Galletti, Francesco Gazia, Cosimo Galletti, Fulvio Perani, Francesco Ciodaro, Francesco Freni, Francesco Galletti

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bruno GallettiUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi" University of Messina Messina Italy.
Francesco GaziaUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi" University of Messina Messina Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-6590
Cosimo GallettiUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi" University of Messina Messina Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-4596
Fulvio PeraniUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi" University of Messina Messina Italy.
Francesco CiodaroUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi" University of Messina Messina Italy.
Francesco FreniUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi" University of Messina Messina Italy.
Francesco GallettiUnit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi" University of Messina Messina Italy.
University of Messina · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rapidly life-threatening disease caused by a fungal infection. Every diabetic patient with sinusitis symptoms, headache, and visual changes needs radiological approach and nasal endoscopy to rule out mucormycosis. The mortality rate is 50%-85%, despite an early diagnosis and a correct treatment.

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amphotericin Bendoscopic sinus surgerymucorrhinocerebral mucormycosiszygomycetes

Identifiers

PMID31360493
PMCPMC6637368
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