[Mucormycosis of the face associated with aspergillosis in the diabetic patient. Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations].

Facial mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection which spreads rapidly and has a severe prognosis. It mainly affects insulin-dependent diabetics and immunodeficient subjects. We report about a case of mucormycosis of the facial structures in a diabetic patient, and lay particular stress on the diagnosis difficulties, on treatment and on evolution, which led to healing, leaving an extensive bony sequestrum which preserved the contents of the orbits.