Radiological review of rhinocerebral mucormycosis cases during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A single-center experience

查看全文 作　　者：P S [1]Saneesh;Satya Chowdary [2]Morampudi;Raghav [3]Yelamanchi 机构地区：[1]Department of Radiology,Aster MIMS,Kannur 670007,Kerala,India;[2]Department of Radiodiagnosis,Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences&Research Foundation,Gannavaram 521101,Andhra Pradesh,India;[3]Department of Surgery,Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr.Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,Delhi 110001,Delhi,India 出　　处：《World Journal of Radiology》索引2022年第14卷第7期,共10页 摘　　要：Mucormycosis is caused by the fungi belonging to the order Mucorales and class Zygomycetes.The incidence of mucormycosis has increased with the onset of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections leading to the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic.This rise is attributed to the use of immunosuppressive medication to treat COVID-19 infections.Authors have retrospectively collected data of our cases of mucormycosis diagnosed from April 2020 to April 2021 at our institute.A total of 20 patients with rhinocerebral mucormycosis were studied.Most of the study subjects were male patients(90%)and were of the age group 41-50 years.Most patients in the review had comorbidities(85%)with diabetes being the most common comorbidity.Para nasal sinuses were involved in all the cases.Involvement of the neck spaces was present in 60%of the cases.Involvement of the central nervous system was present in 80%of the cases.Orbital involvement was present in 90%of the cases.The authors reviewed the various imaging findings of mucormycosis on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in this article. 关 键 词：MUCORMYCOSIS Rhinocerebral infections Fungal sinusitis Medical imaging Radiodiagnosis COVID-19 pandemic