COVID-19 associated rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: An observational study from Eastern India, with special emphasis on neurological spectrum.

Autor: Dubey S, Mukherjee D, Sarkar P, Mukhopadhyay P, Barman D, Bandopadhyay M, Pandit A, Sengupta A, Das S, Ghosh S, Adhikari S, Biswas PS, Pal P, Roy H, Patra N, Das A, Sinha P, Mondal MK, Shrivastava SR, Bhattacharya K, Mukhopadhyay M, Ahmed K, Halder TK, Saha M, Ahmed K, Maity S, Mandal A, Chatterjee D, Saha S, Chunakar A, Saha A, Ray BK
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Diabetes & metabolic syndrome [Diabetes Metab Syndr] 2021 Sep-Oct; Vol. 15 (5), pp. 102267. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102267
Abstrakt: Aims: 1: Describe the epidemiology and determine risk factors for COVID-19 associated mucormycosis. 2: Elaborate the clinical spectrum of Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis (ROCM), pattern of neuroaxis involvement and it's radiological correlates.
Methods: Observational study. Consecutive, confirmed cases of mucormycosis (N = 55) were included. A case of mucormycosis was defined as one who had clinical and radiological features consistent with mucormycosis along with demonstration of the fungus in tissue via KOH mount/culture/histopathological examination (HPE). Data pertaining to epidemiology, risk factors, clinico-radiological features were analysed using percentage of total cases.
Results: Middle aged, diabetic males with recent COVID-19 infection were most affected. New onset upper jaw toothache was a striking observation in several cases. Among neurological manifestations headache, proptosis, vision loss, extraocular movement restriction; cavernous sinus, meningeal and parenchymal involvement were common. Stroke in ROCM followed a definitive pattern with watershed infarction.
Conclusions: New onset upper jaw toothache and loosening of teeth should prompt an immediate search for mucormycosis in backdrop of diabetic patients with recent COVID-19 disease, aiding earlier diagnosis and treatment initiation. Neuroaxis involvement was characterized by a multitude of features pertaining to involvement of optic nerve, extraocular muscles, meninges, brain parenchyma and internal carotid artery.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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