Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: April-June | Volume: 6 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 222-227
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210440
CT and MR Imaging in the Diagnosis of Mucormycosis in COVID-19 Era - An Overview
Tamijeselvan S
Asst. Professor in Radiography, Mother Theresa PG and Research Institute of Health Sciences
(Government of Puducherry Institution) Indira Nagar, Puducherry, INDIA 605006.
ABSTRACT
Mucormycosis is a rare but serious fungal infection caused by mucormycetes. Mucormycosis mainly affects people who take medicines that lower the ability of the body to fight germs and have health problems. The involvement and the extension of the disease can be investigated with the medical imaging modalities like CT scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The knowledge and the interpretation of medical imaging is very useful in the treatment planning. CT scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging is very useful in finding the intra-orbital involvement which is common in mucormycosis.
Keywords: Mucormycosis, CT scan, MR Imaging, Covid-19