text:  i Fonsecaea i associated cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a post COVID 19 patient A first case report Phaeohyphomycosis previously known as chromoblastomycosis is a chronic mycosis usually affecting the skin It is caused by dematiaceous fungi which are a group of fungi that produce melanin in their cell walls Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis occurs as a part of invasive presentation of the fungi which usually affects immunocompromised patients but may affect immunocompetent individuals as well Cerebral infection in phaeohyphomycosis is associated with a poor prognosis regardless of the immune status of the patient COVID 19 SARS CoV 2 infection and or medications used for its treatment may compromise the immune system including in the post COVID 19 period resulting in invasive fungal infections which have frequently been reported recently during the COVID 19 pandemic We report a case of i Fonsecaea i associated cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a recently diagnosed diabetic Omani lady who presented to our hospital 6 weeks after recovery and discharge from hospitalization for moderate COVID 19 pneumonia 