Rhino-orbital-cerebral Mucormycosis

Niculae, Cristian-Mihail M.D.
Craciun, Laura M.D., Ph.D.

¹Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania [email protected]
²Hospital Colentina, Bucharest, Romania

This article was published on March 16, 2024, at NEJM.org.

New England Journal of Medicine 390(12):p e30, March 21, 2024. | DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2309352

Rhino-orbital-cerebral Mucormycosis

An 82-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and recent glucocorticoid use presented with a 2-week history of headache and spontaneous bruising around his eye. Black eschars were observed in the nasal cavity (shown in a video).