Invasive Aspergillus terreus sinusitis with orbitocranial extension: case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 490-495

  Akhaddar, Ali ^a   Gazzaz, Miloudi ^a   Albouzidi, Abderrahmane ^a   Lmimouni, Badr ^a   Elmostarchid, Brahim ^a   Boucetta, Mohammed ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL MOHAMMED V   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Aspergillus terreus; Invasive aspergillosis; Orbital infection; Sinusitis; Skull base infection

Indexed keywords

VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE ASYMMETRY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMIDINES; SPHENOID SINUSITIS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 42049089537     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.02.059     Document Type: Article

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