Rhinocerebral mucormycosis with perineural spread

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-327

  Margo, Curtis E ^a,b   Linden, Craig ^a   Strickland Marmol, Leah B ^a   Denietolis, Angela L ^a   McCaffrey, Judith C ^a   Kirk, Nancy ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; POSACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ETHMOIDECTOMY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FROZEN SECTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KETONURIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETHMOID SINUS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBITAL DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; SPHENOID SINUS; TRIAZOLES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 34547699099     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318070855b     Document Type: Article

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