Diabetic patient with mass and blackish discharge from nose is most likely to have:
Aspergillus
Mucormycosis
Rhinosporidium
Candida
Ans: b (Mucormycosis) Ref: Dhingra, 4th ed, p. 151MucormycosisSeen in uncontrolled diabetics and immunosuppressive drug usageClinical features include black necrotic mass filling nasal cavity eroding the septumComplicationsIt can break through cribriform plate entering meninges and brainTreatment:Amphotericin B and surgical debridement
Nose and PNS