Morphologic changes in facial symmetry due to a zygomycotic infection

This image depicts an anterior view of a patient’s face, which displayed the morphologic changes in the facial symmetry due to a zygomycotic infection, caused by the fungal organism, Rhizopus arrhizus. Zygomycosis is also known as mucormycosis, and in this case, involved the patient’s right eye region causing a drooping of the upper eyelid (ptosis) and the right side of the face (peripheral facial paresis), and the expression of an ophthalmic exudate. (Courtesy of the Public Health Image Library, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Photomicrograph by Dr. Lucille K. Georg, 1967. Public domain.)