[A case of healed orbito-facial mucormycosis with dental origin].

A case and the treatment of a 42-year-old male patient with orbito-facial mucormycosis are presented by the authors. The most important steps in the treatment of this opportunistic infection--with a lethality rate of 30-50 %--are as follows: immediate diagnosis, specific antimycotic therapy (Amphotericin-B treatment), a series of extensive surgical interventions and adequate control of patient's diabetes mellitus.