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J Neurovirol
. 2021 Aug 3.
doi: 10.1007/s13365-021-00996-8. Online ahead of print.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complicated by rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis presenting with neurovascular thrombosis: a case report and review of literature
Vahid Reza Ostovan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shirin Rezapanah[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Zahra Behzadi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Leila Hosseini[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Reza Jahangiri[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Mohammad Hossein Anbardar[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Mahtab Rostami[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
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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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Mucormycosis; SARS-CoV-2; Thrombosis.
. 2021 Aug 3.
doi: 10.1007/s13365-021-00996-8. Online ahead of print.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complicated by rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis presenting with neurovascular thrombosis: a case report and review of literature
Vahid Reza Ostovan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shirin Rezapanah[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Zahra Behzadi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Leila Hosseini[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Reza Jahangiri[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Mohammad Hossein Anbardar[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Mahtab Rostami[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34342852
- DOI: 10.1007/s13365-021-00996-8
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Mucormycosis; SARS-CoV-2; Thrombosis.