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. 2023 Feb;12(2):259-263.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1530_22. Epub 2023 Feb 28.

Diabetic post-covid mucormycosis: A dermatoglyphic prediction

Aradhana Sanga  1 , Rita Kumari  1 , Babita Kujur  1 , Rajiv Ranjan  1 , Ashok Kumar Dubey  1
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Diabetic post-covid mucormycosis: A dermatoglyphic prediction

Aradhana Sanga et al. J Family Med Prim Care. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Aim: To identify the characteristic pattern/parameter among diabetic post-covid mucormycosis patients which may further help in identifying such susceptible patients in a much earlier course of the disease.

Materials and methods: The study was done with 30 diabetic patients (21 males and 9 females) admitted in RIMS Ranchi during the second wave of Covid-19 for post-covid complications. Palm and fingerprint pattern was taken by ink and pad method to measure the qualitative and quantitative parameters.

Result: Diabetic post-covid mucormycosis patients were found to have predominantly whorl pattern in males, loop in females, and C-line pattern absent in 36.6%. Proximal axial triradii with ulnar deviation was 76.6%. All the ridge counts (except ab ridge count of right hand) when compared with hypothesized value were found to be significant with P value (<0.005). None of the three angles measured were found to be significant.

Conclusion: All the ridge counts (except ab ridge count of right hand) were found to be a reliable parameter for the diagnosis of diabetic post-covid mucormycosis. ATD angle known to be the most reliable parameter for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in dermatoglyphics is found to be nonreliable with respect to diabetes post-covid mucormycosis.

Keywords: ATD angle; Covid-19 mucormycosis; diabetic dermatoglyphic.

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Figures

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Exhibiting distribution of the fingerprint pattern among gender
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Figure 2
Dermatoglyphic pattern of the palm. a)- index finger triradii, b)- middle finger triradii, c)- ring finger triradii, d)- little finger triradii, t)- axial triradii, 1)- angle atd, 2)- angle tad, 3)- angle adt
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