COVID-19-related rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: Neurological manifestation and related risk factors in two cases

Mohammad Amin Dabbagh Ohadi; Gelareh Banihashemi; Nader Akbari Dilmaghani; Mohammad Ali Shamsi; Guive Sharifi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6352

COVID-19-related rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: Neurological manifestation and related risk factors in two cases

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Oct 20;10(10):e6352. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6352. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Mohammad Amin Dabbagh Ohadi^{1

2

3}, Gelareh Banihashemi^{1

2}, Nader Akbari Dilmaghani^{4

5}, Mohammad Ali Shamsi^{1

6}, Guive Sharifi^{1

7}

Affiliations

¹ Skull Base Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
² Department of Neurology, Sina Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
³ Students' Scientific Research Center Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
⁴ Hearing Disorders Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Loghman Hakim Educational Hospital, School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
⁶ Department of Neurological Surgery, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science Tehran Iran.
⁷ Professor of Neurosurgery, Skull Base Research Center, Loghman Hakim Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Abstract

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection that has become a serious concern as a result of the immunosuppressive drugs used during COVID-19. In this report, we describe two cases of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis with neurological presentation and ophthalmologic problems accompanied by a history of COVID-19 and diabetes.

Keywords: COVID‐19; ROCM; diabetes mellitus; seizure.

Publication types

Case Reports