Image challenge: A diabetic man with facial swelling following recent Covid-19 infection

Journal article

A 68-year-old man with diabetes presented with shortness of breath, left sided facial swelling, and nasal discharge. He had recently returned from India and PCR was positive for SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. CT head and diffusion-weighted MRI sinuses were performed and the patient underwent endoscopic sinus surgery before being transferred to a specialist skull base centre.

Authors: Chowdhury, M; Takata, J; Beegun, I; Burd, C; Tatla, T

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Journal: Clinical Infection in Practice
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 100129-100129
• Publication date: 2021-12-08
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clinpr.2021.100129
• EISSN: 2590-1702
• ISSN: 2590-1702
• Language: English
• Keywords: Surgery; Skull; Swelling; Pathology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Diabetes mellitus; Radiology; Endocrinology; Sinus (botany); Infectious disease (medical specialty); Disease; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Medicine