The current study reports a case of a 56-year-old gentleman who presented in our institute with a 3-day history of fever, respiratory distress and acute paraplegia. He is also a known case of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic liver disease and chronic obstructive airway disease. Patient was evaluated further and found to have invasive mucormycosis with venous embolism in the paravertebral venous plexus causing vertebral and cord infarction.
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