Sudden blindness as an initial manifestation of localized fusariosis in ethmoid sinus and optic nerve

Ann Hematol. 2017 Oct;96(10):1771-1772. doi: 10.1007/s00277-017-3080-0. Epub 2017 Jul 27.

Authors

Shuhei Kurosawa¹, Noriko Doki², Noritaka Sekiya³, Syuzo Ikuta⁴, Yasunobu Takaki⁴, Kazuteru Ohashi¹

Affiliations

¹ Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.
² Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan. n-doki@cick.jp.
³ Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 28752393
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-017-3080-0

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Blindness / diagnosis*
Blindness / drug therapy
Blindness / etiology
Blindness / microbiology
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / diagnosis
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / drug therapy
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / microbiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Ethmoid Sinus / microbiology*
Ethmoid Sinus / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fusariosis / complications*
Fusariosis / diagnosis*
Fusariosis / drug therapy
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / diagnosis
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / drug therapy
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / immunology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / microbiology
Optic Nerve / microbiology*
Optic Nerve / pathology
Voriconazole / therapeutic use

Substances

Voriconazole