The "silent brain syndrome" creating a severe form of the "giant fornix syndrome"

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1065-1067

  Chen, John J ^a   Cohen, Alex W ^a   Wagoner, Michael D ^a   Allen, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

enophthalmos; giant fornix syndrome; keratitis; silent brain syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FORNIX; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EROSION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENOPHTHALMOS; ENTROPION; ENUCLEATION; EYE PAIN; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GIANT FORNIX SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; KERATOMYCOSIS; LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR FORMATION; SCLERA DISEASE; SILENT BRAIN SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; ENOPHTHALMOS; EYE BURNS; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84865486120     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31823f8e65     Document Type: Article

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