Abstract
Mucormycosis is one of the most common invasive fungal infections. Unlike other filamentous fungi, Mucorales additionally may be a frequently lethal infection in immunocompetence patient. We describe a 22-year-old male patient that presented wound of right lateral eye and right face, as well as pain and pus discharge since 5 months ago and developed rapidly extensive necrosis of tumor. He had no particular pathological history and immunocompetent condition It was diagnosed suspected Actinomycosis with differential diagnosis of Nocardiosis and Actinomysetoma and given therapy of antibiotics. His conditions deteriorated. Microbiology examination was continued by fungal histopathology examination. We found mucomycosis infection description with Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) stain. He was given amphotericin B therapy and his condition improved. Due to mucormycosis in immunocompetent patient was rare, the challenge of diagnosing rhinoorbitocerebral mucormycosis may result in many undiagnosed cases. The purpose of this article is to describe mucormycosis case in health young man and to emphasize the importance of histopatology for diagnosing suspected invasive fungal infection.