Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complicated by rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis presenting with neurovascular thrombosis: a case report and review of literature.
J Neurovirol
; 27(4): 644-649, 2021 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1338289
ABSTRACT
Among the ever-increasing literature of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there have been reports on several complications in association with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), such as secondary bacterial and fungal infections. We report a 61-year-old woman with a past history of diabetes mellitus who presented to our hospital suffering from COVID-19 infection. During the course of her hospitalization, the patient developed chemosis and proptosis in both eyes, ultimately leading to a diagnosis of invasive rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis and cerebrovascular thrombosis. This study strengthens the possible association between the occurrence of COVID-19 and invasive mucormycosis infection, providing new impetus for further investigations to substantiate this correlation.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Mucormycosis
Type of study:
Case report
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
J Neurovirol
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Virology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13365-021-00996-8
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