Restricted diffusion in the optic nerve and retina demonstrated by MRI in rhino-orbital mucormycosis

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-15

  Hatipoglu, Hatice Gul ^a,b   Gurbuz, Muge Onbasioglu ^a   Yuksel, Enis ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ETHMOIDECTOMY; EYE EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPTIC NERVE; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; RETINA;

EID: 68049083701     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318183bde4     Document Type: Article

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