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Symptoms of mucormycosis or black fungus disease reported in COVID-19 patients after misuse of corticosteroids: (a) black coloration of oral cavity mucosa and (b) black coloration around right eye.
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All the patients had used corticosteroids for management of their early mild symptoms of COVID-19 at home for around 2-3 weeks and subsequently developed biopsy-proven mucormycosis (Figure 2) including two patients with aspergillosis.
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) images showing involvement of (a) maxillary and ethmoidal sinuses and (b) maxillary sinuses.
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All the patients had radiographic imaging including, computed tomography (CT), paranasal sinuses (PNS), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain carried out at the hospital, which confirmed mucosal thickening and adjacent sinus bony erosions with intracranial extension (Figure 3).