Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis and Aspergillosis in A Child With Thalassemia Major on Deferoxamine Therapy
Rhino-orbital mucormycosis and aspergillosis is a rare potentially fatal opportunistic infection caused by saprophytic fungi. Mucormycosis is described almost exclusively in patients with compromised immune systems or metabolic abnormalities like poorly controlled diabetes. Iron overload states pred...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.634 |
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| Summary: | Rhino-orbital mucormycosis and aspergillosis is a rare potentially fatal opportunistic infection caused by saprophytic fungi. Mucormycosis is described almost exclusively in patients with compromised immune systems or metabolic abnormalities like poorly controlled diabetes. Iron overload states predispose to invasive mucormycosis. Coexistance of mucor and aspergillus is rarely observed and no case has been reported in a child with thalassemia major on deferoxamine therapy. Our patient developed unilateral blindness secondary to invasive fungal infection causing orbital cellulitis. Her journey over seven years of treatment and rehabilitation is described. |
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| ISSN: | 0972-0200 2454-2784 |