After a relook operation and prolonged stay in ICU, she was discharged with a residual sixth nerve palsy involving the right eye. Her right lower lobe infiltrate resolved - no fungal infection was ever confirmed at this site. She was discharged from hospital after a month of high-dose amphotericin therapy, with no apparent residual fungal infection. There seems to be some controversy over the classification of the different types - most mycologists seem to regard R oryzae and R arrhizus as the same species, for example. The chelation therapy is interesting.
Most cases involve the paranasal sinuses , spreading rapidly to the brain.
Survival with intracerebral abscess is rare. A few cases have had infection confined to the brain. Many classify skin infections separately, as 'entomophthoromycosis'. The phycomycete Basidiobolus microsporus is often implicated in this unpronounceable condition. Diagnosis of mucormycosis Suspect the disease.