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Black fungus: paranasal mucormycosis

BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1705 (Published 21 July 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;374:n1705
  1. Gustavo Almeida, resident1,
  2. Margarida Cardoso, consultant2,
  3. Pedro Escada, head of department3
  1. 1Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Lisbon, Portugal
  2. 2Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Lisbon, Portugal
  3. 3Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Lisbon, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to: G Almeida antunesdealmeida.gustavo{at}gmail.com

This is invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis on the face of a woman in her 50s (fig 1).

Fig 1

She presented to her doctor with a history of nasal obstruction and right facial tenderness, with a background of uncontrolled diabetes, and …

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