Indolent orbital apex syndrome caused by occult mucormycosis

Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 245-249

  Dooley, David P ^a   Hollsten, Donald A ^a   Grimes, Steven R ^a   Moss, Jesse ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BONE BIOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; SINUSITIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; ETHMOID SINUSITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORBITAL DISEASES; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SPHENOID SINUSITIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0026746755     PISSN: 0272846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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