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. 2022 Mar 4;162:e131–e140. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.107

Table 2.

Proposed 3-Tier Staging of ROCM

Stage 1: Sinonasal involvement 1A: Involvement of 1 sinus and ipsilateral middle turbinate.
1B: Involvement of >1 ipsilateral sinus and/or turbinate.
1C: Involvement of bilateral sinonasal cavities.
Stage 2: Orbital involvement 2A: Involvement of medial and/or inferior orbital compartment only.
2B: Diffuse unilateral orbital involvement with or without optic nerve, nasolacrimal duct, and vascular involvement.
2C: Bilateral orbital involvement.
Stage 3: Central nervous system involvement 3A: Involvement of pachymeninges, cribriform plate, cavernous sinus/Meckel’s cave.
3B: Vascular involvement (infarct/bleed)/perineural spread and skull base involvement.
3C: Leptomeningitis, cerebritis or abscess formation - focal or diffuse involvement.

ROCM, rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis.