Neuro-ophthalmology of invasive fungal sinusitis: 14 Consecutive patients and a review of the literature

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 567-576

  Thurtell, Matthew J ^a   Chiu, Alison L S ^b   Goold, Lucy A ^f,g   Akdal, Gulden ^h   Crompton, John L ^f,g   Ahmed, Rebekah ^b   Madge, Simon N ^f,g   Selva, Dinesh ^f,g   Francis, Ian ^c   Ghabrial, Raf ^b   Ananda, Arj ^b   Gibson, John ^b   Chan, Raymond ^b   Thompson, Elizabeth O ^b   Rodriguez, Michael ^b   Mccluskey, Peter J ^b,d,e   Halmagyi, G Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology   (Australia)

^h DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Cranial nerve palsy; Invasive fungal sinusitis; Mucormycosis; Orbital apex syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCEDOSPORIUM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ZYGOMYCETES;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CRANIAL NERVE PALSY; INVASIVE FUNGAL SINUSITIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORBITAL APEX SYNDROME.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84881112530     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12055     Document Type: Article

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