Image challenge: A diabetic man with facial swelling following recent Covid-19 infection

Clinical Infection in Practice

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Junko Takata¹  Chris Burd²  Tumena Corrah²  Melissa Chowdhury³  Issa Beegun³  Taranjit Tatla⁴ 

[1] Corresponding author at: Department of Infectious Diseases, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London HA1 3UJ, UK..;

[2] Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK;

[3] Department of Infectious Diseases, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK;

[4] Department of Radiology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK;

关键词: COVID-19;    Mucormycosis;    Mucor;    Clinical mycology;    Rhino-orbital-cerebral infections;    Fungal infections;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A 68-year-old man with diabetes presented with shortness of breath, left sided facial swelling, and nasal discharge. He had recently returned from India and PCR was positive for SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. CT head and diffusion-weighted MRI sinuses were performed and the patient underwent endoscopic sinus surgery before being transferred to a specialist skull base centre.

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