Background Mucormycosis is a highly aggressive and destructive angio-invasive infection caused by fungi of the order Mucorales . Diagnosis currently relies on lengthy and insensitive culture of biopsy specimens, as well as time-consuming histopathological examination of tissue samples, which lacks specificity. Case presentation This case study describes an unusual presentation of cutaneous mucormycosis in an immunocompetent 49-year-old man following a traumatic farming injury to the hand. Despit