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Table 1 Demographic data and clinical presentation of patients enrolled in the study

From: Post-COVID-19 acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: a systematic radiological approach in the light of clinico-surgical characteristics

 

Variable

Number

Percent

Age (12:73 Years)

Mean

48.06

 

Std. deviation

16.5

 

Gender

Male

30

55.6

Female

24

44.4

Clinical presentation*

Facial pain or loss of sensation

50

92.6

Visual loss

38

70.4

Facial skin infarction/ulceration

25

46.3

Nasal congestion ± epistaxis

22

40.7

Cavernous sinus thrombosis

22

40.7

Cranial nerve involvement

14

25.9

Conscious level

6

11.1

Pre-operative imaging

CT only

37

68.5

MRI only

4

7.4

CT and MRI

13

24.1

Surgical approach

External debridement

20

37.2

Endoscopic

19

37

Combined

13

24.1

Passes away before surgery

2

3.7

Surgical serious decision

Maxillectomy

5

9.3

Orbital exenteration

13

24.1

Systemic antifungal

 

50

92.6

Pathogen

Aspergillus fumigatus

12

22.2

Mucormycosis

42

77.8

Outcome

Survivors

32

59.3

Death

22

40.7

  1. *Multiple patients had multiple symptoms
  2. *Sinonasal infarction detected in all patients by endoscopy 54/54