Rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis: A case report;Rino-orbitoserebral mukormikoz

Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 745-748

  Kalyoncu Aslan, Işil ^a,b   Yazar, Tamer ^a   Altin, Ümmühan ^a   Kirbaş, Dursun ^a  

^a Bakirköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastaliklan Eǧitim ve Araştirma Hastanesi ^*  (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy Ruh Sagligi ve Sinir Hastaliklari Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mucormycosis; Orbital diseases; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXOPHTHALMOS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORBIT INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; RHINOORBITOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; SKIN; SPHENOID; SYMPTOM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

EID: 27844462418     PISSN: 13000292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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