A rare case of mucormycosis in a diabetic patient: diagnostic challenges and clinical management of mucormycosis hand infection

Hatan Mortada; Razan Albrahim; Saad Alrobaiea; Moinuddin Ahmad; Elfayad Hamad A Abdelraheem; Muath Hakami

doi:10.1080/23320885.2024.2333879

A rare case of mucormycosis in a diabetic patient: diagnostic challenges and clinical management of mucormycosis hand infection

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2024 Mar 31;11(1):2333879. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2024.2333879. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Hatan Mortada^{1

2}, Razan Albrahim³, Saad Alrobaiea⁴, Moinuddin Ahmad⁵, Elfayad Hamad A Abdelraheem⁵, Muath Hakami⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn, King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ College of Medicine and Surgery, Princess Noura Bin Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Mucormycosis hand infection in poorly controlled diabetic presented as rapidly progressive swelling, redness, pain, and necrosis unresponsive to antibiotics. Prompt diagnosis and aggressive surgery, antifungals, and diabetes management were critical, highlighting the need for early recognition and treatment of mucormycosis in diabetics.

Keywords: Immunosuppression; Mucormycosis; cutaneous; diabetes mellitus; fungal infection; hand; zygomycosis.

Publication types

Case Reports