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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 58-61 |
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Primary mucormycosis infection in the submandibular area after esthetic lipolytic injection in an immunocompetent patient: A case report
Hyeon Seok Kim1, Woo Seob Kim1, Han Koo Kim1, Shin Hyuk Kang1, Tae Jin Lee2, Soon Auck Hong2, Tae Hui Bae1
1 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 102, Heuksuk-Ro, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2 Department of Pathology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 102, Heuksuk-Ro, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Correspondence Address:
Tae Hui Bae
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 102, Heuksuk-Ro, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul - 06973
Republic of Korea
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DOI: 10.4103/ijd.ijd_469_21
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As the popularity of injection lipolysis increases, several side effects of injection lipolysis have been reported. In this case, A 53-year-old woman visited our outpatient clinic with a new round-shaped protruding mass (size: 5.0 cm × 3.0 cm) in the submental area. The patient had received the injection lipolysis treatment before the visit. She had received injections in the submental area at 1-week intervals (i.e., 4, 5, and 6 weeks). We performed contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the neck for differential diagnosis and found a 5.0 cm × 3.7 cm × 2.1 cm rim-enhanced fluid-density lesion in the submental. Hence, surgical removal of the lesion was planned based on the diagnosis of unspecified complicated fluid collection. The removed mass was a 3.0 cm × 2.0 cm × 2.0 cm whitish fibrous tissue. Histological examination revealed mucormycosis infection. Although several side effects of lipolysis have been reported to date, mucormycosis infection in the submental area has not been reported before.
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