Successful Management of Extensive Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis: Prompt Neuroimaging-Supported Diagnosis and Aggressive Antifungal and Surgical Treatment

Estela Carvalho Sousa; Ana Carolina Monteiro; Sara de Carvalho

doi:10.20344/amp.22967

Successful Management of Extensive Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis: Prompt Neuroimaging-Supported Diagnosis and Aggressive Antifungal and Surgical Treatment

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Estela Carvalho Sousa Infectious Diseases Department. Unidade Local de Saúde São João. Porto. Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5071-9801
Ana Carolina Monteiro Internal Medicine Department. Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca. Unidade Local de Saúde Amadora/Sintra. Lisbon. Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8458-8985
Sara de Carvalho Neuroradiology Department. Unidade Local de Saúde São João. Porto. Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2822-3903

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.22967

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Mucormycosis/diagnosis, Mucormycosis/diagnostic imaging, Mucormycosis/drug therapy

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2025-06-02

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Carvalho Sousa E, Monteiro AC, de Carvalho S. Successful Management of Extensive Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis: Prompt Neuroimaging-Supported Diagnosis and Aggressive Antifungal and Surgical Treatment. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2025 Jun. 2 [cited 2025 Dec. 6];38(6-7):429-30. Available from: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/22967

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Vol. 38 No. 6-7 (2025): June-July

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