Cutaneous mucormycosis with maxillary sinus fistula as a presenting feature of COVID-19: A rare case report

ABSTRACT

Deadly secondary infections caused by Rhizopus species leading to mucormycosis have taken the world by storm. Most common presenting features of COVID-19 remain congectival congestion, headache and blurring of vision. However mucormycosis with a fistula manifesting as the primary symptom of COVID-19 is rare and this is the first case report of its kind to best of our knowledge. We report a case of 61 year old female who presented with a pus draining fistula on right side of her face. A Nasopharyngeal swab came positive for COVID-19 by Reverse Transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method. MRI para nasal sinus was suggestive of fungal sinusitis. Debriedment was done for the same and a swab was sent which showed growth of Rhizopus species on culture.