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Frontal osteomyelitis post-COVID-19 associated mucormycosis
Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is the most commonly noted form of mucormycosis, which is the most common secondary fungal infection following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Osteomyelitis is one of the rare sequelae of ROCM, frontal osteomyelitis be...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10491079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37417145 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJO.IJO_3117_22 |
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author | Kulkarni, Pooja Beeraka, Deepika Tanwar, Meghana Kim, Usha Ganesan, Rajniganth Mahalingam Saini, Pragya |
author_facet | Kulkarni, Pooja Beeraka, Deepika Tanwar, Meghana Kim, Usha Ganesan, Rajniganth Mahalingam Saini, Pragya |
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description | Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is the most commonly noted form of mucormycosis, which is the most common secondary fungal infection following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Osteomyelitis is one of the rare sequelae of ROCM, frontal osteomyelitis being the rarest. We present four patients of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated mucormycosis, who presented with frontal bone osteomyelitis after being treated for ROCM surgically and medically. This is the first case series highlighting this complication in post–COVID-19 mucormycosis patients and needs utmost attention as it can be life-threatening and can cause extreme facial disfiguration. All four patients are alive with salvage of the affected globe and vision being preserved in one patient. If identified early, disfiguration of face and intracranial extension can be avoided. |
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spelling | pubmed-104910792023-09-09 Frontal osteomyelitis post-COVID-19 associated mucormycosis Kulkarni, Pooja Beeraka, Deepika Tanwar, Meghana Kim, Usha Ganesan, Rajniganth Mahalingam Saini, Pragya Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is the most commonly noted form of mucormycosis, which is the most common secondary fungal infection following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Osteomyelitis is one of the rare sequelae of ROCM, frontal osteomyelitis being the rarest. We present four patients of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated mucormycosis, who presented with frontal bone osteomyelitis after being treated for ROCM surgically and medically. This is the first case series highlighting this complication in post–COVID-19 mucormycosis patients and needs utmost attention as it can be life-threatening and can cause extreme facial disfiguration. All four patients are alive with salvage of the affected globe and vision being preserved in one patient. If identified early, disfiguration of face and intracranial extension can be avoided. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-07 2023-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10491079/ /pubmed/37417145 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJO.IJO_3117_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Kulkarni, Pooja Beeraka, Deepika Tanwar, Meghana Kim, Usha Ganesan, Rajniganth Mahalingam Saini, Pragya Frontal osteomyelitis post-COVID-19 associated mucormycosis |
title | Frontal osteomyelitis post-COVID-19 associated mucormycosis |
title_full | Frontal osteomyelitis post-COVID-19 associated mucormycosis |
title_fullStr | Frontal osteomyelitis post-COVID-19 associated mucormycosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Frontal osteomyelitis post-COVID-19 associated mucormycosis |
title_short | Frontal osteomyelitis post-COVID-19 associated mucormycosis |
title_sort | frontal osteomyelitis post-covid-19 associated mucormycosis |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10491079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37417145 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJO.IJO_3117_22 |
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