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Decoding "guitar pick sign" in COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: A case series
Y Muralidhar Reddy1, Subhendu Parida1, S Bharathi Reddy1
1Department of Neurology and Pathology, CARE Hospital, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Abstract:
"Guitar pick sign," also referred to as posterior globe tenting, is a radiological surrogate marker of tense orbit and profound vision loss. It is seen commonly in traumatic retrobulbar hemorrhage and carotico-cavernous fistula and less frequently in orbital cellulitis, subperiosteal abscess, and invasive fungal infections. We report a case series of Coronavirus disease-19-associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis with guitar pick sign, of which none survived, and discuss the causative pathomechanisms, severity grade, and the clinical relevance of this unique radiological finding.

