Extensive rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in kidney transplant recipient associated with COVID-19 infection: a case report
Jaffna Medical Journal
; 34(1):42-44, 2022.
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in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2225914
ABSTRACT
Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis is an invasive disease caused by fungi. Diabetes mellitus and solid organ transplantation are known risk factors, while it is increasingly recognized in patients with COVID-19 although the exact causal relationship is unknown. Early diagnosis and treatment with liposomal amphotericin B with surgical debridement carries a better outcome in these patients. We present a case of extensive rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis involving the paranasal sinuses, left orbit, cavernous sinus, middle cranial fossa with abscess formation in the left middle cerebellar peduncle in a 46-year-old kidney transplant recipient with concomitant COVID-19 infection.
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Jaffna Medical Journal
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2022
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