Bilateral Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis due to Mucormycosis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 1089-1092

  Van Johnson, E ^a   Kline, Lanning B ^a   Julian, Bruce A ^a   Garcia, Julio H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE;

AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL SINUSES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUCORMYCOSIS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0023714357     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1988.01060140245034     Document Type: Article

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