Blindness associated with enlarging mycotic aneurysm after cavernous sinus thrombosis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2036-2039

  Quisling, Susannah V ^a   Mawn, Louise A ^b   Larson III, Theodore C ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0141858763     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00737-1     Document Type: Article

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