Novel Cases of Invasive Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis in 2 Patients Who had Recently Recovered From Coronavirus Disease 2019

Affiliations

¹ Lebanese American University (EK), Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Byblos, Lebanon; Ophthalmology Department (MR, AS), Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon; Ophthalmology Department (MIF), Ophthalmologist at Beirut Lasik Center, Beirut, Lebanon; and Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (HM), Sheikh Ragheb Harb Hospital, Nabatieh, Lebanon.

Elias Keyrouz et al. J Neuroophthalmol. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;43(3):e74-e75.

doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001413. Epub 2023 May 26.

¹ Lebanese American University (EK), Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Byblos, Lebanon; Ophthalmology Department (MR, AS), Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon; Ophthalmology Department (MIF), Ophthalmologist at Beirut Lasik Center, Beirut, Lebanon; and Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (HM), Sheikh Ragheb Harb Hospital, Nabatieh, Lebanon.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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