Post-Covid mucormycosis presenting as retropharyngeal abscess: a rare case report

BACKGROUND: Post-Covid retropharyngeal mucormycosis is a rare presentation, and no case has been reported in literature until date. CASE PRESENTATION: A-32-year-old female post Covid presented to our OPD with history of dysphagia and with a history of steroid intake. Radiology confirmed it as retrop...

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Autores principales: Jain, Rajat, Agarwal, Devisha, Singh, Abhishek Bahadur, Verma, Veerendra, Singh, Hitendra Prakash, Kumar, Sunil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9284500/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43163-022-00274-2
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Post-Covid retropharyngeal mucormycosis is a rare presentation, and no case has been reported in literature until date. CASE PRESENTATION: A-32-year-old female post Covid presented to our OPD with history of dysphagia and with a history of steroid intake. Radiology confirmed it as retropharyngeal abscess. Endoscopic-guided aspiration was done. HPE (histopathological examination) revealed classic broad aseptate hyphae of mucormycosis. Patient was managed conservatively with broad-spectrum antifungal. CONCLUSION: Retropharyngeal mucormycosis is a rare entity in Covid era. Rapid diagnosis and management are needed to save life of an individual, or results could be fatal.

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