Anterior view of a Nigerian patient with mucormycosis (phycomycosis) infection

This image depicts an anterior view of a patient in Nigeria, ill with the fungal infection known as mucormycosis (phycomycosis), a form of zygomycosis. In this specific patient’s case, the disease was classified as rhino-phycomycosis, having affected the nose, nasal airways, and sinuses, as well as the subcutaneous tissues of the maxilla, and upper lip, producing the distorted facial symmetry you see in this view. (Courtesy of the Public Health Image Library, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Photomicrograph by Dr. Lucille K Georg, 1966. Public domain.)