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ORAL SURGERY ORAL MEDICINE ORAL PATHOLOGY ORAL RADIOLOGY AND ENDODONTOLOGY
Volume 109, Issue 3, Pages E64-E69Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.11.012
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [ZIESC000853] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Mucormycosis is an aggressive and potentially devastating fungal infection which typically manifests in pulmonary, rhinocerebral, or disseminated forms in patients with hematologic malignancy. Mucormycosis confined to the periodontium is uncommon, and to our knowledge only 6 cases have been reported in the English-language literature. This case report describes a patient with acute leukemia and periodontal mucormycosis. Calcofluor fluorescence microscopy is also proposed as a method for establishing a prompt diagnosis and guiding extent of intraoperative surgical debridement. (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2010; 109: e64-e69)
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