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The first is a case of a 41-year-old male patient who during his treatment developed left periorbital swelling with ecchymosis and headache. CT and CE-MRI of the paranasal sinuses and brain revealed features of pan fungal sinusitis and subsequent invasion into the left orbit. The second case is of a 52-year-old male patient who after complaining of a severe left-sided hemicranial headache was diagnosed with cavernous sinus thrombosis. The third is of a 57-year-old male patient who presented with left flank pain and dysuria. HRCT (High-resolution CT) chest revealed a thick-walled cavitary lesion, and NCCT KUB (Non-contrast CT of Kidneys, ureters, and bladder) revealed left-sided pyelonephritis. A cystoscopic and microbiological evaluation revealed fungal growth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>In all three patients, a biopsy from the involved area revealed broad aseptate filamentous fungal hyphae suggestive of mucormycosis, which was confirmed on culture.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>These are all unusual cases and physicians should be aware of the possibility of secondary invasive fungal infections in patients with COVID-19 infection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1259\/bjrcr.20210111","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,10]],"date-time":"2021-09-10T19:27:10Z","timestamp":1631302030000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Radiological spectrum of invasive mucormycosis in COVID-19"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Nandini","family":"Passi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radio-diagnosis, Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre (BHMRC), New Delhi, 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