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Invasive Mucormycosis – An Enigma
Mucormycosis is an emerging infection in the present post-COVID-19 era, associated with high morbidity and mortality. We are reporting an interesting case of invasive rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in a 65-year-old female who presented with left nasal and orbital swelling after COVID-19 infecti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760030/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35047294 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20475 |
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author | Prasad, Anil Mishra, Minakshi Saha, Kaushik |
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description | Mucormycosis is an emerging infection in the present post-COVID-19 era, associated with high morbidity and mortality. We are reporting an interesting case of invasive rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in a 65-year-old female who presented with left nasal and orbital swelling after COVID-19 infection associated with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Histopathological and microbiology examination favored mucormycosis. Finally, endoscopic debridement of the lesion was done with left orbital exenteration. The patient at present is clinically stable. As these cases have been seen in many suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases, early diagnosis and treatment will salvage the patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-87600302022-01-18 Invasive Mucormycosis – An Enigma Prasad, Anil Mishra, Minakshi Saha, Kaushik Cureus Pathology Mucormycosis is an emerging infection in the present post-COVID-19 era, associated with high morbidity and mortality. We are reporting an interesting case of invasive rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in a 65-year-old female who presented with left nasal and orbital swelling after COVID-19 infection associated with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Histopathological and microbiology examination favored mucormycosis. Finally, endoscopic debridement of the lesion was done with left orbital exenteration. The patient at present is clinically stable. As these cases have been seen in many suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases, early diagnosis and treatment will salvage the patient. Cureus 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8760030/ /pubmed/35047294 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20475 Text en Copyright © 2021, Prasad et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pathology Prasad, Anil Mishra, Minakshi Saha, Kaushik Invasive Mucormycosis – An Enigma |
title | Invasive Mucormycosis – An Enigma |
title_full | Invasive Mucormycosis – An Enigma |
title_fullStr | Invasive Mucormycosis – An Enigma |
title_full_unstemmed | Invasive Mucormycosis – An Enigma |
title_short | Invasive Mucormycosis – An Enigma |
title_sort | invasive mucormycosis – an enigma |
topic | Pathology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8760030/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35047294 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20475 |
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