Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report
The storm of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) has not yet settled, and it has proven itself a disfiguring and potentially life-threatening disease, complicating the course of COVID-19 infection. Mucormycosis is a rare but devastating fungal infection caused by filamentous fungi of the family M...
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| author | Rajwinder Kaur Akriti Sehgal Balbir Khan Grace Budhiraja Arnav Kr Roychoudhury Manjot Kaur |
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| description | The storm of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) has not yet settled, and it has proven itself a disfiguring and potentially life-threatening disease, complicating the course of COVID-19 infection. Mucormycosis is a rare but devastating fungal infection caused by filamentous fungi of the family Mucoraceae. We report a rare case of a 37-year-old diabetic male with bilateral rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) where it leads to bilateral central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) as manifestation of the disease. Bilateral CRAO secondary to ROCM is extremely rare. A strong suspicion of CAM in uncontrolled diabetics can result in early diagnosis and management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1f42e2925c048a094331841f1fa46de2022-12-22T00:58:45ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47381998-36892022-01-017051822182410.4103/ijo.IJO_3141_21Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case reportRajwinder KaurAkriti SehgalBalbir KhanGrace BudhirajaArnav Kr RoychoudhuryManjot KaurThe storm of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) has not yet settled, and it has proven itself a disfiguring and potentially life-threatening disease, complicating the course of COVID-19 infection. Mucormycosis is a rare but devastating fungal infection caused by filamentous fungi of the family Mucoraceae. We report a rare case of a 37-year-old diabetic male with bilateral rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) where it leads to bilateral central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) as manifestation of the disease. Bilateral CRAO secondary to ROCM is extremely rare. A strong suspicion of CAM in uncontrolled diabetics can result in early diagnosis and management.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2022;volume=70;issue=5;spage=1822;epage=1824;aulast=Kaurcentral retinal artery occlusioncovid-19mucoraceaerhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis |
| spellingShingle | Rajwinder Kaur Akriti Sehgal Balbir Khan Grace Budhiraja Arnav Kr Roychoudhury Manjot Kaur Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report Indian Journal of Ophthalmology central retinal artery occlusion covid-19 mucoraceae rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis |
| title | Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report |
| title_full | Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report |
| title_short | Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report |
| title_sort | bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino orbital cerebral mucormycosis a case report |
| topic | central retinal artery occlusion covid-19 mucoraceae rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis |
| url | http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2022;volume=70;issue=5;spage=1822;epage=1824;aulast=Kaur |
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