Qais Al Sinani¹, Arif Ali Kolethekkat², Anwar Al Mawali³, Suad Al-Jahdhami⁴ and Mohammed Alwashahi⁵

¹ENT Resident, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Suhar Hospital, MOH, Oman
²ENT Consultant, Sultan Qaboos Hospital, Salalah, Oman
³Radiology Resident, OMSB, Oman
⁴Senior Consultant, Pathology Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman
⁵Senior Consultant, ENT, Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman

*Corresponding Author: Mohammed Alwashahi, Senior Consultant, ENT, Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman.

Received: July 28, 2025; Published: August 08, 2025

Abstract

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in an elderly post renal transplant diagnostic and management challenge and often with poor outcome owing to an immunocompromised state. The scenario is further complicated in post-COVID-19 status. We report a case of a 73-year-old with a background of diabetes and renal transplant who had acute COVID-19 infection and subsequently developed rhinocerebral mucormycosis with frontal osteomyelitis. The diagnosis was established by clinical and radiological evaluations, which further confirmed by mycological and histopathological examinations. She was successfully treated with radical resection of the lesion by combined endoscopic and external bi-coronal frontal craniotomy and the resultant defect is reconstructed with nasoseptal “Haddad’s flap with monitored systemic antifungal therapy. A follow-up until 3 years showed no recurrence.

Keywords:Nyctanthes arbor-tristis; Phytoconstituents; Anti-Inflammatory; Antioxidant

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Citation

Citation: Mohammed Alwashahi., et al. “Post COVID-19 Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis Complicated by Frontal Sinus Osteomyelitis (Pott’s Puffy Tumor) Reconstructed with Haddad’s Flap: A Technical Note".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 7.9 (2025): 03-09.

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