Mucormycosis involving paranasal sinuses in a post-COVID-19 patient with an uncontrolled diabetes-A rare presentation in an ongoing pandemic

Authors : Novelesh Bachchan, Novelesh Bachchan, Sankalp Yadav, Sankalp Yadav, Gautam Rawal, Gautam Rawal, Pallawi Rai, Pallawi Rai

DOI : 10.18231/j.ijirm.2021.030

Volume : 6

Issue : 2

Year : 2021

Page No : 137-140

Mucormycosis (MCR) involving paranasal sinuses is a rare life-threatening opportunistic infection in immunocompromised  individuals. In humans, MCR is considered as one of the most rapidly progressive lethal forms of fungal infection with a high mortality rate of 70–100%. During the second wave of COVID-19 in India, the cases of MCR have increased rapidly. We herein report a case of a 70-year-old Indian male with an uncontrolled diabetes diagnosed as maxillary and ethmoid sinus MCR.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Paranasal sinus, Mucormycosis.


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