Rhino-sinus mucormycosis with facial nerve palsy in a child with diabetic ketoacidosis
Poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus predisposes the child to opportunistic infections. Mucormycosis is one such infection, Rhino-cerebral form being the most common. Maxillary sinusitis can lead to facial nerve palsy. We report here a 9-year-old boy with poorly controlled diabetes, who presen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pediatric Critical Care |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2020;volume=7;issue=6;spage=343;epage=345;aulast=Lohiya |