COVID-19 triggering mucormycosis in a susceptible patient: a new phenomenon in the developing world?
BMJ Case Rep
; 14(4)2021 Apr 27.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1206018
ABSTRACT
A middle-aged woman with diabetes presented with left-sided facial pain, complete ptosis and fever of short duration. On presentation, she had hyperglycaemia without ketosis. There was total ophthalmoplegia of the left eye with a visual acuity of 6/36. She incidentally tested positive for COVID-19. CT paranasal sinus and MRI brain revealed left-sided pansinusitis with acute infarct in the left parieto-occipital region without angioinvasion. An emergency functional endoscopic sinus procedure was done, which confirmed mucormycosis on histopathological examination. After 1 week of conventional amphotericin B and antibiotics, repeat CT brain showed improvement in mucosal thickening and sinusitis. This case is a rare presentation of mucormycosis associated with rapid progression to orbital apex syndrome with brain infarction in a patient with non-ketotic diabetes and COVID-19. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to prevent further end-organ damage. It is also interesting that there was no angioinvasion and transient periarterial inflammation was attributed to brain infarction.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades Orbitales
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Enfermedades de los Senos Paranasales
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Blefaroptosis
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Oftalmoplejía
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Complicaciones de la Diabetes
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COVID-19
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Mucormicosis
Tipo de estudio:
Reporte de caso
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Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio pronóstico
Tópicos:
Covid persistente
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Bcr-2021-241663
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