Maxillary mucormycosis and concurrent osteomyelitis in a post-COVID-19 patient with new onset diabetes mellitus

Pallak Arora; Geetpriya Kaur; Nutan Tyagi; Madhu K Nair

doi:10.1080/08998280.2023.2177081

Maxillary mucormycosis and concurrent osteomyelitis in a post-COVID-19 patient with new onset diabetes mellitus

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2023 Feb 23;36(3):389-391. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2023.2177081. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Pallak Arora¹, Geetpriya Kaur², Nutan Tyagi², Madhu K Nair^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas.
² Department of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dental Studies and Technology (IDST), Ghaziabad, India.
³ Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Abstract

The occurrence of invasive fungal respiratory superinfections in patients with COVID-19 has gained much attention in the post-COVID era. The elucidation of invasive fungal sinusitis with osteomyelitis as a rare aggressive infection that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment to prevent fatal consequences has been noteworthy. Cone-beam computed tomography findings in those patients are central to early diagnosis and management. Here we report a case of post-COVID mucormycosis with osteomyelitis of the maxilla in a 72-year-old woman with a history of recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cone-beam computed tomography; maxillary sinus; mucormycosis; osteomyelitis.

Publication types

Case Reports