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So, it is pertinent that retinal inflammation secondary to invading mucor has some role in microstructural changes seen in the vitreous and retina of these patients. This novel study aims to describe the vitreal and retinal features of patients with vision-threatening rhino-orbital cerebral mucor mycosis and how they evolve on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). This study shall also provide insight into the pathophysiology of these vitreoretinal manifestations by in vitro analysis of the exenterated orbital content. Fifteen eyes of fifteen patients with vision-threatening ROCM treated with standard care were enrolled in this study and underwent complete ophthalmic examination, serial colour fundus photography, and SD-OCT for both qualitative and quantitative analysis, at baseline and follow-up visits. SD-OCT on serial follow-up revealed thickening and increased inner-retinal reflectivity at presentation followed by thinning of both, other features such as the loss of the inner-retinal organized layer structure, external limiting membrane (ELM) disruption, necrotic spaces in the outer retina, and hyperreflective foci. Vitreous cells with vitreous haze were also seen. There was a significant reduction in CMT, inner and outer retinal thickness, total retinal thickness (all p &lt; 0.05) with time, the quantum of reduction concentrated primarily to the inner retina. In summary, in vivo and in vitro analysis revealed that early microstructural changes were primarily a result of retinal infarctions secondary to thrombotic angioinvasion. With the late microstructural changes, there was possible sequelae of retinal infarction with some contribution from the inflammation, resulting from mucor invading the choroid and retina.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics12123098","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,9]],"date-time":"2022-12-09T02:50:51Z","timestamp":1670554251000},"page":"3098","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Vision-Threatening Rhino-Orbital Cerebral Mucor Mycosis\u2014A Prospective Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6270-7800","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ankur","family":"Singh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi 110095, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Preeti","family":"Diwaker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi 110095, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Akanksha","family":"Agrawal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi 110095, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aniruddha","family":"Agarwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jolly","family":"Rohatgi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi 110095, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ramandeep","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vitreoretina and Uveitis Service, Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gopal Krushna","family":"Das","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi 110095, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pramod Kumar","family":"Sahoo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi 110095, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vinod Kumar","family":"Arora","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi 110095, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"116","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jiph.2012.01.003","article-title":"Cerebro-rhino orbital mucormycosis: An update","volume":"5","author":"Wali","year":"2012","journal-title":"J. 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