Post Covid Mucormycosis of Mandible

Patil B and Rani Y

Published on: 2022-03-17

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a relatively uncommon opportunistic infection. It is a fulminant fungal infection that occurs most often in diabetic and immunocopromised individuals. A 57 year old male patient who had recovered from COVID pneumonia was diagnosed with sinonasal mucurmycosis with involvement of the mandible. The patient had a history of uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension and stroke.He was treated with sequestrectomy + saucerization of the mandible and B/L FESS + septoplasty under GA along with IV Amphotercin 1.5mg/kg and Inj Posaconazole 300mg for duration of 3weeks. The involvement of mandible sparing the maxilla was an interesting aspect of this case.