Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill Course
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted transplantation worldwide in a major way with infections and post-COVID-19 complications contributing to increased mortality and morbidity. We present a case of a 42-year-old lady who developed rhino-orbital mucormycosis in a postliver transplantation period. The i...
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| author | Swapnali Sabhapandit Mithun Sharma Anuradha Sekaran Balachandran Menon Anand Kulkarni Soumya TR Padaki Nagaraja Rao Duvurr Nageshwar Reddy |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted transplantation worldwide in a major way with infections and post-COVID-19 complications contributing to increased mortality and morbidity. We present a case of a 42-year-old lady who developed rhino-orbital mucormycosis in a postliver transplantation period. The initial presentation of the patient was very subtle. She never had overt COVID-19 infection before surgery and in the recovery period. Though cases of mucormycosis in the wound site have been reported, this would be one of the rare cases of rhino-orbital mucormycosis postliver transplantation. This infection leads to a rapid downhill course and the death of the patient. Atypical infections and presentations need to be monitored in postliver transplantation patients who are getting operated on during this pandemic, and a high level of clinical suspicion is required to pick up these cases at an early stage. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0582d5463d7418e978d2777165225812025-02-03T01:07:37ZengWileyCase Reports in Hepatology2090-65952022-01-01202210.1155/2022/5413315Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill CourseSwapnali Sabhapandit0Mithun Sharma1Anuradha Sekaran2Balachandran Menon3Anand Kulkarni4Soumya TR5Padaki Nagaraja Rao6Duvurr Nageshwar Reddy7Department of OphthalmologyDepartment of Hepatology and Liver TransplantationDepartment of PathologyDepartment of Liver TransplantationDepartment of Hepatology and Liver TransplantationDepartment of Hepatology and Liver TransplantationDepartment of Hepatology and Liver TransplantationDepartment of GastroenterologyThe COVID-19 pandemic has impacted transplantation worldwide in a major way with infections and post-COVID-19 complications contributing to increased mortality and morbidity. We present a case of a 42-year-old lady who developed rhino-orbital mucormycosis in a postliver transplantation period. The initial presentation of the patient was very subtle. She never had overt COVID-19 infection before surgery and in the recovery period. Though cases of mucormycosis in the wound site have been reported, this would be one of the rare cases of rhino-orbital mucormycosis postliver transplantation. This infection leads to a rapid downhill course and the death of the patient. Atypical infections and presentations need to be monitored in postliver transplantation patients who are getting operated on during this pandemic, and a high level of clinical suspicion is required to pick up these cases at an early stage.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5413315 |
| spellingShingle | Swapnali Sabhapandit Mithun Sharma Anuradha Sekaran Balachandran Menon Anand Kulkarni Soumya TR Padaki Nagaraja Rao Duvurr Nageshwar Reddy Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill Course Case Reports in Hepatology |
| title | Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill Course |
| title_full | Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill Course |
| title_fullStr | Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill Course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill Course |
| title_short | Postliver Transplantation Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis, an Unexpected Cause of a Downhill Course |
| title_sort | postliver transplantation rhino orbital mucormycosis an unexpected cause of a downhill course |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5413315 |
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