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Mucormycosis of maxilla following tooth extraction in immunocompetent patients : reports and review

Aaditee VandeKumar Nilesh

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medicine.medical_specialtyNecrosisAdult patientsbusiness.industryFulminantMucormycosisCase Report030206 dentistrymedicine.disease:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Surgery03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineOroantral fistulaMaxillaUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASmedicineZygomycosismedicine.symptomOral SurgeryComplicationbusinessGeneral Dentistry030217 neurology & neurosurgery

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Mucormycosis is a rare, fulminant, rapidly spreading fungal infection, which usually affects patient with underlying immune deficiency. If not managed promptly, the disease is characterized by progressive necrosis and is often fatal. A review of English literature shows that only fourteen cases of mucormycosis have been reported after tooth extraction. This paper highlights two cases of mucormycosis subsequent to tooth extraction in healthy adult patients. This first patient presented with an oroantral fistula and extensive maxillary necrosis. Whereas the second case was localized and presented as non-healing extraction socket with alveolar necrosis. This adds two more cases of this rare and serious complication of tooth extraction, to the present literature. Key words:Fungal, infection, zygomycosis, exodontia, complication, jaw, necrosis.

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2018-03-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10550/66340