A Case of Rhino-Orbital Cerebral Mucormycosis presenting with spontaneous Cerebrospinal fluid Rhinorrhoea

Abstract Rhino-orbital cerebral mucormycosis has increased in the recent second wave of post-Covid-19 illness, mainly in tropical countries like India. The burden of diabetes mellitus and rampant use of corticosteroid, environmental factors, post-covid-19 immunological derangement might be contributory factors to the development of extensive outbreak of ROCM. Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is rarely documented with such fungal infection in literature. This case report described a 45-year diabetic woman in the post-Covid-19 phase,who developed rhino-orbital cerebral mucormycosis, presenting with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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ResearchSquare.com - (2022) vom: 11. Jan. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Verma, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]
Chakraborty, Rajarshi [VerfasserIn]
DB, Keerthiraj [VerfasserIn]

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-1219589/v1

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XRA034950869