Orbital exenteration: A dilemma in mucormycosis presented with orbital apex syndrome

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-103

  Songu, Murat ^a,b   Unlu, H Halis ^a   Gunhan, Kivanc ^a   Ilker, S Sami ^a   Nese, Nalan ^a  

^a Celal Bayar Universitesi Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exenteration; Mucor; Mucorales; Mucormycosis; Orbital apex syndrome; Orbital exenteration; Orbital mucormycosis; Paranasal sinus; Rhino orbital mucormycosis; Rhino orbito cerebral mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPISTAXIS; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT APEX SYNDROME; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBITAL EXENTERATION; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PTOSIS; RHINORRHEA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORBITAL DISEASES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749104145     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3121     Document Type: Article

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