Diabetes with mucormycosis：Two cases report / 中国糖尿病杂志

ABSTRACT

[Summary] This article reviewed the clinical features in two diabetes cases complicated with nasal‐brain mucormycosis by pathology and pulmonary mucormycosis. In one patient with diabetes combined with pulmonary mucormycosis ,manifestations of chest pain and hemoptysis ,the right upper lung biopsy tip morphology was consistent with Mucor ,successfully cured with amphotericin and operation treatment. The other patient with diabetes‐complicated nasal mucormycosis with headache and nasal cavity clump , showed black caseous matter ,finally hemiplegia. A nasal cavity tumor was proved by pathological examination. After treatment with fluconazole and operation ,the patientdied. Mucormycosisis rare and may be secondary to diabetes and hypoimmunity disease. It needs rapid diagnosis and treatment.