Acute chiasmal abscess resulting from perineural extension of invasive sino-orbital aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 203.e1-203.e6

  Leyngold, Ilya ^a   Olivi, Alessandro ^a   Ishii, Masaru ^a   Blitz, Ari ^a   Burger, Peter ^a   Subramanian, Prem S ^a   Gallia, Gary ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiasmal abscess; Immunocompetent patients; Invasive sino orbital aspergillosis; Perineural extension; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; MICAFUNGIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE CHIASMAL ABSCESS; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BONE INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ASPERGILLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEPRESSION; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCULAR VISION; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PTOSIS; SINOORBITAL ASPERGILLOSIS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ETHMOID SINUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC DISK; PAIN INTENSITY; PERIMETRY; PERINEURIUM; SPHENOID SINUS; UKRAINIAN (PEOPLE); VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

CHIASMAL ABSCESS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS; INVASIVE SINO-ORBITAL ASPERGILLOSIS; PERINEURAL EXTENSION; VISION LOSS;

ABSCESS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CRANIAL SINUSES; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITRACONAZOLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; ORBITAL DISEASES; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84893719716     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.08.018     Document Type: Review

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