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GERAMIZADEH B, KHElRANDISH P, FATHEEZADEH P. DIAGNOSIS OF SUBCUTANEOUS MUCORMYCOSIS WITH FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION:A RARE CASE REPORT. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2004; 18 (3) :281-283
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DIAGNOSIS OF SUBCUTANEOUS MUCORMYCOSIS WITH FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION:A RARE CASE REPORT
B GERAMIZADEH , P KHElRANDISH , P FATHEEZADEH
From the Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, I.R. Iran. , geramib@sums.ac.ir.
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Mucormycosis is a fatal and life threatening infection particularly in immunocompromised patients, so early diagnosis and rapid treatment is life saving. A 52-year-old female, known case of diabetes mellitus, presented with chills, fever, fatigue and anorexia. A subcutaneous mass was detected around the umbilicus (4x4). Fine needle aspiration of the mass showed mucor hyphea with little inflammation. The patient was treated with amphotericin B and her fever subsided. The patient was discharged in good health and general condition. Fine needle aspiration can therefore be a rapid and accurate method for the diagnosis of subcutaneous mucormycosis.
Keywords: Subcutaneous Muconnycosis, Fine Needle Aspiration.
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