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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>7</Volume>
      <Issue>6</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Rhino-Sino-Cerebral Mucormycosis Associated with Long-Term Rituximab Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature</title>
    <FirstPage>313</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>318</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohsen</FirstName>
        <LastName>Koosha</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Neurosurgery Department, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Golfam</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mehrparvar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Neurosurgery Department, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sepideh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Paybast</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute; Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>05</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Rituximab is a CD20 depleting agent, widely used as an off-label disease- modifying treatment (DMT) in treating multiple sclerosis (MS). The present study aimed to report the first case of rhino-sino-cerebral mucormycosis in a patient with secondary progressive MS (SPMS), treated with rituximab.The patient was a 38-year-old man with a history of SPMS treated with rituximab, who developed subacute left vision loss and impaired ocular movement. He also mentioned a concomitant severe headache and cheek swelling. Based on the brain and orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, rhino-sino-cerebral mucormycosis was suspected. Subsequent endoscopic examination confirmed the diagnosis. He underwent medical treatment with amphotericin B liposomal and surgical debridement leading to a significant clinical recovery. He was eventually discharged home with a solid recommendation to discontinue rituximab. The present report indicates a case of SPMS treated with rituximab, who developed rhino-sino-cerebral mucormycosis.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/728</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
