Facial nerve paralysis resulting from parotid involvement with mucormycosis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-38

  Chuang, Yao Chung ^a   Kuo, Yeh Lin ^a   Lui, Chun Chung ^a   Kuo, Hung Wen ^a   Chen, Shang Der ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPLOPIA; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033989330     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-200009010-00010     Document Type: Article

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