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ORPHA:73263Disease
Also called Mucormycosis
What it is
A rare mycosis caused by ubiquitous, opportunistic fungi of the order Mucorales, characterized by tissue infarction and necrosis due to invasion of the vasculature by hyphae. The spectrum of clinical manifestations depends on the route of infection and includes rhinocerebral, pulmonary, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, renal, and disseminated forms. The disease is usually rapidly progressive and associated with high mortality.
Key facts
- Age of onset
- All ages
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Disease
Signs and symptoms
Sometimes5–29%
41- Abdominal pain
- Abnormal blistering of the skin
- Abnormal cranial nerve morphology
- Abnormal mediastinum morphology
- Acute infectious pneumonia
- Air crescent sign
- Atelectasis
- Blurred vision
and 33 more in this range
Rare1–4%
29- Arterial thrombosis
- Brain abscess
- Chemosis
- Colon perforation
- Dilatation of the cerebral artery
- Diplopia
- Endocarditis
- Epistaxis
and 21 more in this range
These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
ICD-10 codes
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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