급성 골수성 백혈병 환자에서 경구개를 침범한 비내모균증 1예

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a rare, opportunistic fungal infection. But if it occurs it can be acute, fatal, and cause death in diabetic orimmunocompromise patients. The rhinocerebral mucormycosis usually occurs in the nose, and it can spread to the paranasalsinuses, orbit, and the brain, and in some cases, to the oral cavity and hard palate which warrants thorough examination andcomputed tomograph of the head and neck including the oral cavity. In case of hard palate involvement by mucormycosis,resection of hard palate should be considered. Recently, we had experienced a case of nasal mucormycosis that has invaded thehard palate in an acute myelogeneous leukemia patient. Through endoscopic debridement of nasal cavity and consecutive hardpalate resection, she could survive the disease. In this report, the clinical courses and treatment of the patient will be describedwith a brief literature review.