A mucormycosis case presented with orbital apex syndrome and hemiplegia in a renal transplant patient

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1815-1819

  Turan, Mehmet Nuri ^a   Tatar, Erhan ^a   Yaprak, Mustafa ^a   Arda, Bilgin ^a   Kitiş, Ömer ^a   Metin, Dilek Yeşim ^a   Hoşcoşkun, Cüneyt ^a   Töz, Hüseyin ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hemiplegia; Mucormycosis; Orbital apex syndrome; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CREATININE; ENOXAPARIN; HLA ANTIGEN; MEPREDNISONE; MEROPENEM; METOPROLOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; TEICOPLANIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; NASAL BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT APEX SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RHIZOPUS; URINE VOLUME;

BLINDNESS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EYE PAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 84890806320     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0295-9     Document Type: Article

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