Author(s)

Nuno Rocha Pereira, Paulo Andrade, Laura Sá, Cândida Abreu, Rita Figueiredo, Roberto Silva, António Sarmento

Infectious Diseases Department, Centro Hospitalar S?o Jo?o and Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
Neuro- radiology Department, Centro Hospitalar S?o Jo?o, Porto, Portugal.
Pathology Department, Centro Hospitalar S?o Jo?o and Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Porto, Portugal.

A 54-year-old diabetic male, with idiopathic CD4 + lymphocytopenia, was presented with a two-month history of headache and periocular pain followed by vertigo, left hypoacusia and left peripheral facial palsy and hypoesthesia. More than a month after admission, a palate ulcer appeared and Infectious Diseases consultation was required. Mucormycosis was suspected and the diagnosis was confirmed by histologic examination. Despite early surgery and combination antifungal therapy, the patient did not survive. This case report illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing a rare condition with non-specific clinical manifestations and underlines the importance of a timely multidisciplinary approach in order to recognise this highly fatal disease earlier. It also describes a previously non-reported situation of mucormycosis in a patient with idiopathic CD4 + lymphocytopenia.

Mucormycosis; Idiopathic CD4 + Lymphocytopenia; Diabetes; Amphotericin B

N. Pereira, P. Andrade, L. Sá, C. Abreu, R. Figueiredo, R. Silva and A. Sarmento, "Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis in a Diabetic Patient with Idiopathic CD4 + Lymphocytopenia," Advances in Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3 No. 4, 2013, pp. 248-252. doi: 10.4236/aid.2013.34037.