IDDM patient presents with septal perforation of nose with brownish black discharge, probable diagnosis is:
Correct Answer: Mucormycosis
Description: Mucormycosis is fungal infection of nose and paranasal sinuses which may prove rapidly fatal if untreated. It is seen in uncontrolled diabetes or in those taking immunosuppressive drugs. It presents as black necrotic mass filling the nasal cavity and eroding the septum and hard palate. Treatment is by amphotericin B and surgical debridement. Most common fungal infection of nose is Aspergillosis.
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