Optic chiasma involvement secondary to allergic fungal rhinosinusitis

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 704-707

  Al Radadi, Abeer Mohammed ^a   Alnoury, Khaled Ibrahim ^a  

^a King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Fungal infection; Hemianopia; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ASPERGILLUS ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; COCKROACH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROBIOLOGY; NASAL ENDOSCOPY; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANASAL SINUS; PENICILLIUM; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST; SNEEZING; SUPPURATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NASAL POLYPS; OPTIC CHIASM; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959757684     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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