TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful treatment of periodontal mucormycosis
T2 - report of a case and literature review
AU - McDermott, Nancy E.
AU - Barrett, John
AU - Hipp, Jason
AU - Merino, Maria J.
AU - Richard Lee, Chyi Chia
AU - Waterman, Paige
AU - Domingo, Demetrio L.
AU - Walsh, Thomas J.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Mucormycosis is an aggressive and potentially devastating fungal infection which typically manifests in pulmonary, rhinocerebral, or disseminated forms in patients with hematologic malignancy. Mucormycosis confined to the periodontium is uncommon, and to our knowledge only 6 cases have been reported in the English-language literature. This case report describes a patient with acute leukemia and periodontal mucormycosis. Calcofluor fluorescence microscopy is also proposed as a method for establishing a prompt diagnosis and guiding extent of intraoperative surgical debridement.
AB - Mucormycosis is an aggressive and potentially devastating fungal infection which typically manifests in pulmonary, rhinocerebral, or disseminated forms in patients with hematologic malignancy. Mucormycosis confined to the periodontium is uncommon, and to our knowledge only 6 cases have been reported in the English-language literature. This case report describes a patient with acute leukemia and periodontal mucormycosis. Calcofluor fluorescence microscopy is also proposed as a method for establishing a prompt diagnosis and guiding extent of intraoperative surgical debridement.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.11.012
DO - 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.11.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 20219588
AN - SCOPUS:77249142910
VL - 109
SP - e64-e69
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
SN - 2212-4403
IS - 3
ER -