Invasive rhinomaxillary mucormycosis: A case report with a review of the literature

Oral Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Jindal, Sanjeev ^a   Kulkarni, Sunita ^a   Sheikh, Soheyl ^a   Chandar, Vinod V ^a   Bhatnagar, Dipti ^a   Aggarwal, Amit ^a  

^a M M COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Maxillary destruction; Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFEPIME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EROSION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLA CANCER; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PUS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SWELLING; TOOTH; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 45749094179     PISSN: 09116028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11282-008-0073-7     Document Type: Article

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