Cranial mucormycosis occurred in a 20-year-old man suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Absidia corymbifera was proved by cultivation of nasal smears. Mycosis was influenced quickly by Amphotericin B administered intravenously in spite of the fatal basic condition. Post mortem Absidia corymbifera was proved by cultivation and histology in gangrenous nasal and paranasal mucosa.
Fragner P., Miřejovský P., Lukášová M. (1985): Stomatomaxillary and rhinoorbital absidiosis. – Česká Mykologie 39(3): 150–154.
