Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection. The rapid increase in the number of cases of mucormycosis during the second wave of covid lead to a new entity called Covid Associated Mucormycosis (CAM). In this case series we discuss 7 cases of CAM who presented to our hospital during the second wave of Covid. We describe their clinical features, investigations, treatment, complications and follow up. Male: Female ratio was 4:3. Mean age of presentation was 57.85. The average time of presentation of symptoms of mucormycosis after covid was 2 weeks. All of them were diabetic. Three of them had cerebral involvement. All of them underwent surgical debridement fol-lowed by antifungal therapy. The mortality rate in our study is 42.86 percentage which is compared with other studies in literature. This is the first study of its kind from a government hospital in Kerala
<p class="abstract">Mucormycosis is a rare invasive fungal infection which is often fatal. At the time of COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a sudden increase in the number of reported cases of mucormycosis. In this case series 10 cases of mucormycosis presented in our hospital during the COVID season are discussed. Of the 10 cases, only 8 patients had history of COVID infection. The predominant comorbidity was diabetes which was detected in all except one patient. But with timely diagnosis and appropriate management majority of the patients survived. Lesser symptoms and better prognosis were observed in patients without previous history of COVID.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is an uncommon head and neck malignancy which can rarely present with cranial nerve palsies. Here we report a case of nasopharyngeal mass which presented initially with ophthalmic complaints due to compression of cranial nerves in superior orbital fissure resulting in Rochen-Duvigneaud syndrome. It was histologically proven as non keratinising differentiated type of Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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