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We are witnessing an unprecedented peak of rhino-cerebral mucormycosis since the second wave of the Coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st2\">\n<jats:title>Case Description: <\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A 31-year-old man experienced a sudden onset of decreased visual acuity associated with right exophthalmos and paroxysmal headache that had been ongoing for 2 months before his presentation. On examination, he presented a frontal syndrome with preserved eye movement, with vision impairment, and with bilateral stage 3 papilledema. In addition, the patient is feverish, and the general examination showed no lesion of the nose or skin. All biological investigations were done and were negative, even a COVID-19 test. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a right extra-axial temporal lesion that was isointense on T1-weighted imaging, hypointense on T2-weighted imaging, and well enhancing with gadolinium. The lesion extended into the orbit, cavernous sinus (involving the optic nerve and internal carotid artery), and the infratemporal fossa, suggestive of a sphenoidal meningioma. The patient underwent subtotal resection. Postoperatively, the patient remained feverish, and his condition was worsening. He died 6 days after the surgery. A brain infection was impossible to diagnose until after his death. The anatomopathological examination confirmed mucormycosis.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st3\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion: <\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The findings from the present case indicate that a large intracranial mass is an uncommon clinical characteristic of cerebral mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient. It can manifest with the classic symptoms of large temporal spheno-orbital invasive meningiomas. 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