From: Cranial nerve involvement in mucormycosis in post-COVID patients: a case series
Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 | Case 6 | Case 7 | |
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Age | 32-years | 73-years | 34-years | 60-years | 62 years | 59 years | 38 years |
Gender | Male | Female | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male |
Time interval between COVID and mucormycosis | 4 weeks | 10 weeks | 1 week | 1 week | 3 weeks | 2 weeks | 3 weeks |
History of steroid use | + | + | + | + | − | − | + |
Presence of diabetes mellitus | − | − | − | − | + | + | − |
Clinical features on presentation | Facial swelling, proptosis, and loss of vision | Facial swelling, reduced visual acuity | Facial palsy, ophthalmoplegia | Headache, proptosis, ophthalmoplegia | Ocular proptosis and loss of vision | Ocular proptosis and loss of vision | Ocular proptosis and facial swelling |
Histopathology and KOH mount | Aseptate hyphae | Aseptate hyphae | Aseptate hyphae | Aseptate hyphae | Aseptate hyphae | Aseptate hyphae | Aseptate hyphae |
Optic nerve | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Oculomotor nerve | + | ||||||
Trochlear nerve | + | ||||||
Trigeminal nerve | + | + | + | + | + | ||
Facial nerve | + | + | + | ||||
Vestibulocochlear nerve | + | + | + | ||||
Hypoglossal Nerve | + | ||||||
Inferior alveolar nerve | + | + | + | ||||
Internal carotid artery thrombosis | + | + | + |