Bilateral blindness in a young male of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report
| Autor: | Rajwinder Kaur, Akriti Sehgal, Balbir Khan, Grace Budhiraja, Arnav Kr Roychoudhury, Manjot Kaur |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 70, Iss 5, Pp 1822-1824 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0301-4738 1998-3689 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijo.IJO_3141_21 |
| Popis: | 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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