Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Mucormycosis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology

The temporal association of mucormycosis with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been termed COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM). Because of its poor prognosis, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial. Although tissue samples for culture and histological evaluation are the cornerstones of...

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Autores principales: Narayan, Radhika, Mishra, Minakshi, Gupta, Minakshi, Kamath, Sangita, Chitrotpala, Riti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8906557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35282541
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21990
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author Narayan, Radhika
Mishra, Minakshi
Gupta, Minakshi
Kamath, Sangita
Chitrotpala, Riti
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description The temporal association of mucormycosis with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been termed COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM). Because of its poor prognosis, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial. Although tissue samples for culture and histological evaluation are the cornerstones of diagnosis, the role of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and cytologic findings are also significant. Here, we report a case of mucormycosis in a COVID-19-positive 34-year-old male diagnosed by FNAC and confirmed by fungal culture. To our knowledge, this is possibly the first and only case report of CAM diagnosed by FNAC.
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spelling pubmed-89065572022-03-11 Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Mucormycosis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology Narayan, Radhika Mishra, Minakshi Gupta, Minakshi Kamath, Sangita Chitrotpala, Riti Cureus Internal Medicine The temporal association of mucormycosis with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been termed COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM). Because of its poor prognosis, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial. Although tissue samples for culture and histological evaluation are the cornerstones of diagnosis, the role of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and cytologic findings are also significant. Here, we report a case of mucormycosis in a COVID-19-positive 34-year-old male diagnosed by FNAC and confirmed by fungal culture. To our knowledge, this is possibly the first and only case report of CAM diagnosed by FNAC. Cureus 2022-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8906557/ /pubmed/35282541 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21990 Text en Copyright © 2022, Narayan 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.
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Narayan, Radhika
Mishra, Minakshi
Gupta, Minakshi
Kamath, Sangita
Chitrotpala, Riti
Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Mucormycosis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
title Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Mucormycosis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
title_full Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Mucormycosis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
title_fullStr Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Mucormycosis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
title_full_unstemmed Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Mucormycosis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
title_short Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Mucormycosis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
title_sort coronavirus disease 2019-associated mucormycosis diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8906557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35282541
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21990
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