en Pathology Pathology case report case report 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. Subcutaneous Muconnycosis, Fine Needle Aspiration. 281 283 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-298-65&slc_lang=en&sid=1 B GERAMIZADEH geramib@sums.ac.ir. 20031947532846003490 20031947532846003490 Yes From the Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, I.R. Iran. P KHElRANDISH 20031947532846003491 20031947532846003491 No P FATHEEZADEH 20031947532846003492 20031947532846003492 No