Mucormycosis of Middle Ear in a Diabetic Patient

Abstract

Mucormycosis is an infection caused by fungi belonging to class zygomycetes, with high mortality and morbidity rate. Acquisition of mucormycosis is inhalation of spores or cutaneous route. The common risk factors for invasive mucormycosis consist of diabetes mellitus, high-dose glucocorticoid therapy, and neutropenia. The most clinical manifestation of mucormycosis is rhinocerebral lesions. Other manifestations are pulmonary, cutaneous, disseminated, and gastrointestinal. Ear involvement is extremely rare. The authors describe a case of mucormycosis cholesteatoma with concomitant central nervous system lesion in a patient with diabetes mellitus that responded to therapy.