Table 2 Various sites of extra-sinus involvement
From: Imaging of COVID-19-associated rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: imaging analysis of 120 patients
Site involved | Number (percentage) |
|---|---|
No extra-sinus extension | 29 |
Maxillo-facial soft tissue extension | 91 (75.83%) |
 Periantral fat (preantral and retromaxillary) | 91 (75.83%) |
 Masticator space | 60 (50%) |
 Infratemporal fossa | 47 (39.17%) |
 Pterygopalatine fossa | 36 (30%) |
 Buccal space | 8 (6.67%) |
Maxillo-facial bone involvement | 72 (60%), |
Orbital involvement | 84 (70%) |
 Extraconal fat | 82 (68.83%) |
 Extraoccular muscles | 32 (26.67%) |
 Intraconal fat | 31 (25.83%) |
 Orbital apex | 20 (16.67%) |
Intracranial involvement | |
 Meninges | 24 (20%) |
 Cavernous sinus | 12 (10%) |
 Internal carotid artery | 1 (0.83%) |
 Cerebritis | 3 (2.5%) |
 Cerebral abscess | 4 (3.33%) |
 Cerebral infarction | 6 (5%) |