외부 및 비내부 접근법을 결합한 수술을 시행한 재발성 전두동내 침습적 모균증 1예

A case of recurrent invasive mucormycosis in the frontal sinus with surgery combining external and endonasal approaches

Mucormycosis is a rare, life-threatening fungal disease caused by Mucorales. We report a case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis in a poorly controlled diabetic patient. Despite seven admissions and surgical treatments, the disease had recurred several times, and there was suspected necrotic tissue in the frontal sinus. Finally, we treated this patient appropriately with extensive surgical debridement-endoscopic sinus surgery and craniotomy. Since mucormycosis frequently recurs, especially in people with diabetes, as in this case, more aggressive surgical treatments and antifungal agents should be used in the early stages.