International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Case Report

Rhino-pulmonary Mucormycosis in Post COVID-19 patient

Nagi K1*, Manners S2, Alexander A2 and Saxena SK2

1Oking Hospital and Research Centre, Kohima, Nagaland, India
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India
*Address for Correspondence Nagi K, Oking Hospital and Research Centre, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Email: kezenagi77@gmail.com
Submission: 03 March, 2022
Accepted: 25 April, 2022
Published: 28 April, 2022
Copyright: © 2022 Nagi K, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Abstract

Invasive fungal sinusitis is a rising concern among individuals with COVID 19, as the recent trend shows a three-fold increase in cases during the second wave of the pandemic. Mucormycosis caused by the fungi of the Mucorales group can manifest with florid clinical presentations depending on the various sites it can involve, the most common being Rhino-orbital-cerebral Mucormycosis. Current literature review reports few cases of pulmonary mucormycosis and even rare is the presentation with concurrent sinonasal involvement. Here we report a case of Rhino-pulmonary mucormycosis in a Post Covid Diabetic patient.