Compressive Optic Neuropathy from Allergic Fungal Sinusitis
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Optic nerve compression in allergic fungal sinusitis.
OBJECTIVE To describe the syndrome of optic nerve involvement in cases of allergic fungal sinusitis. SETTING Academic tertiary care centre. METHODS Analysis of prospectively accrued data for 10 consecutive cases (three bilateral, giving 13 eyes) with visual loss secondary to optic nerve compression, from a total of 70 cases of allergic fungal sinusitis undergoing surgical treatment between ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuro-Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0165-8107,1744-506X
DOI: 10.3109/01658107.2015.1056380