Rhinocerebral mucormycosis complicated by internal carotid artery thrombosis in a pediatric patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 234-238

  Simmons, Jill H ^a,c   Zeitler, Philip S ^a   Fenton, Laura Z ^b   Abzug, Mark J ^b   Fiallo Scharer, Rosanna V ^a   Klingensmith, Georgeanna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mucormycosis; Pediatric; Rhinocerebral; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN LISPRO; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; POSACONAZOLE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MORBIDITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORBIT; PARANASAL SINUSES; SINUSITIS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 29544439725     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-543X.2005.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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