Rhino-orbital phycomycosis complicated by cerebral abscess

Abstract

The incidence of phycomicosis has increased in the last decades. Its diagnosis is very difficult and usually not established ante morten. Early treatment is of crucial importance, because despite the antifungal drugs, the mortality rate remains around 80%. The present report describes a successfully treated diabetic patient with a rhino-orbital form of the disease and an unusual complication--a cerebral abscess--in whom the clinical diagnosis was supported by the CT findings.