Bilateral Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2024 Jul 1;142(7):e236486. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.6486. Epub 2024 Jul 18.
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Plain language summary

This case report discusses a diagnosis of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in a man aged 61 years who presented with vision loss, ophthalmoplegia, and ptosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Eye Infections, Fungal* / diagnosis
  • Eye Infections, Fungal* / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Fungal* / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucormycosis* / diagnosis
  • Mucormycosis* / drug therapy
  • Mucormycosis* / microbiology
  • Nose Diseases / diagnosis
  • Nose Diseases / drug therapy
  • Nose Diseases / microbiology
  • Orbital Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Orbital Diseases* / drug therapy
  • Orbital Diseases* / microbiology
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / diagnosis
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / drug therapy
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / microbiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Amphotericin B
  • Antifungal Agents