Orbital apex syndrome due to mucormycosis caused by rhizopus microsporum

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-87

  Rao, Suman ^a,b   Kumar, Kalpana ^a   Rokade, V ^a   Khanna, Vikram ^a   Pal, Chitra ^a  

^a Mahatma Gandhi Mission Medical College   (India)

^b CBD Belapur ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Mucormycosis; Orbital apex

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CIPROFLOXACIN; INSULIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORBIT APEX SYNDROME; ORBIT DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUM; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745155737     PISSN: 00195421     EISSN: 00195421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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