Combined Lateral Orbitotomy and Endoscopic Transnasal Orbital Decompression in a Case of Orbital Aspergillosis with Impending Intracranial Invasion
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Combined Lateral Orbitotomy and Endoscopic Transnasal Orbital Decompression in a Case of Orbital Aspergillosis with Impending Intracranial Invasion
A 64-year-old man with a known history of diabetes and hypertension presented to the Accident and Emergency Department with a 2-day history of sudden decreased vision in the right eye. Temporal arteritis was suspected with an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (71 mm/h), and oral prednisolone was started immediately. Four days later, the patient's right eye vision deteriorated from 0.6 to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1663-2699
DOI: 10.1159/000346043