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ArticleClinical case reports2023

Auricular mucormycosis complicated by parotid abscess and facial paralysis: A very rare case report.

Bouthaina Hammemi, Imen Achour, Omar Walha, Ghada Yousfi, Malek Mnejja, Ilhem Charfeddine

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bouthaina HammemiENT Surgery Department Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
Imen AchourENT Surgery Department Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
Omar WalhaENT Surgery Department Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6786-803X
Ghada YousfiENT Surgery Department Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
Malek MnejjaENT Surgery Department Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3027-1755
Ilhem CharfeddineENT Surgery Department Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
University of Sfax · TN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a serious and relatively rare invasive fungal infection. The rhino-orbito-cerebral localization is the most frequent. Other localizations have been reported including: cutaneous, pulmonary, disseminated, gastrointestinal, and miscellaneous. Mucormycosis of external ear with facial palsy is extremely rare and only few cases have been reported in the literature. We describe a case of mucormycosis of the external and middle in a 44-years-old diabetic patient which had a very aggressive form of necrotic infection of the ear auricle complicated by parotid abscess, facial, and vagal nerve paralysis. Auricular mucormycosis was suspected and the diagnosis was established after biopsy and histological examination. The patient was treated immediately with intravenous amphotericin B followed by extensive surgical debridement of the necrotic lesions. The patient responded well to the treatment despite the persistence of facial palsy.

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amphotericin Bdiabeticfacial palsyMucormycosisvagal palsy

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PMID36852122
PMCPMC9958246
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