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Authors intended to find out the prevalence of retinal arterial occlusion and its association with vascular embolic occlusion elsewhere in the body among CAM patients in this study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This was an observational study. All consecutive-confirmed cases of mucormycosis (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 89) and age-\/gender-\/risk factor-matched controls (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 324) admitted in the designated COVID center were included in the study. All cases and controls underwent comprehensive ophthalmological, otorhinological, and neurological examinations. All necessary investigations to support the clinical diagnosis were done. Qualitative data were analyzed using the Chi-square test. Quantitative data for comparison of means between the cases and controls were done using unpaired\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Twenty-one (23.59%) patients manifested the defined outcome of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). Among age-matched control, with similar diabetic status, none had developed the final outcome as defined (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05). About 90.47% of subjects with CRAO presented with no perception of light vision. Thirteen subjects (61.9%) with the final outcome developed clinical manifestations of stroke during the course of their illness with radiological evidence of watershed infarction (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001). Orbital debridement was performed in 9 (42.85%) subjects while orbital exenteration was done in 8 (38.09%) subjects.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CRAO in CAM patients was found to have aggressive nature turning the eye blind in a very short period of time. CRAO can serve as a harbinger for subsequent development of more debilitating and life-threatening conditions such as stroke among CAM patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jgid.jgid_185_22","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,29]],"date-time":"2023-05-29T14:00:08Z","timestamp":1685368808000},"page":"66-71","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in COVID-Associated Mucormycosis"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Smiti Rani","family":"Srivastava","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, IPGME and R and SSKMH, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peyalee","family":"Sarkar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, IPGME and R and SSKMH, Kolkata, West 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