DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i09.023

Pages: 3299-3301

Invasive sinooccular Zygomycosis is a fulminant opportunistic disease often affecting poorly controlled diabetics of all agescommonly caused by genera Rhizopus, Mucor and Rhizomucor. Syncephalastrum racemosum belongs to Zygomycetes group of fungi known to cause skin & soft tissue infections but invasive infections were rarely reported. We report a sino ocular infection caused by Syncephalastrum racemosum in a 58 year diabetic woman clinically diagnosed as left sided rhinosinusitis with involvement of orbit. Treatment with surgical debridement, antifungal therapy with Amphotericin B along with correction of underlying metabolic acidosis and glycemic control saved the patient.