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Mucormycosis following hair transplantation: a rare complication

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Mucormycosis is a serious, potentially deadly fungal infection that is very rare in immuno-competent healthy patients. Mucormycosis following elective cosmetic procedures such as hair transplantation has never been reported. This case details the symptomatology, modes of diagnosis and treatment of this potentially fatal disease in a patient of hair transplantation.

Level of Evidence: Level V, diagnostic study

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  1. Department of Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Anubhav Gupta

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Paras Hospital, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India

    Umesh Sharma

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Gupta, A., Sharma, U. Mucormycosis following hair transplantation: a rare complication. Eur J Plast Surg 39, 303–306 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-015-1155-5

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