A case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in diabetes with haematogenous cerebral spread

A case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in diabetes with haematogenous cerebral spread

We document the first case of haematogenous cerebral spread in Rhizopus arrhizus rhino-orbital mucormycosis, and of posaconazole related adrenal insufficiency. A patient presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis and sinusitis was treated with right medial maxillectomy, ethmoidectomy and IV liposomal amphotericin. Orbital exenteration was performed after intraorbital spread of infection. IV caspofun...

Rhino-orbital-cerebral Mucormycosis

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Received for publication: February 7, 2011. Reprint request: Prawat Chantharit, B.Sc.(Pharm), M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. INTRODUCT...

Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis and Orbital Exenteration

Matthew P. Fahrenkopf, MD, Joshua J. Nelson, MD, Mitchell Eichhorn, MD, Julie Conway, MD and Adam Hassan, MD aMichigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids; bGrand Rapids Medical Education Partners Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency, Grand Rapids, Mich; cHelen DeVos Children’s Hospital Pediatric Ophthalmology, Grand Rapids, Mich, and dEye Plastic & Facial Cosmetic ...

Rhino - orbital mucormycosis – — A case report

Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in a critically ill patient.

A 54 year-old Caucasian gentleman with history of diabetes presented to emergency department with complaints of facial swelling for one week and left orbital pain of one day duration. The patient underwent computed tomography (CT) scan of head with intravenous contrast which revealed infl ammation of left medial rectus muscle and cellulites of medial left orbital coronal space deep to and surro...