Orbital apex syndrome from bacterial sinusitis without orbital cellulitis
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Orbital apex syndrome from bacterial sinusitis without orbital cellulitis
Purpose To describe a case of orbital apex syndrome as a result of isolated bacterial sinusitis. Observations A 63-year-old woman presented with an orbital apex syndrome from isolated bacterial sinusitis with rapidly declining visual acuity to no light perception. We compared our case with 6 similar cases of severe vision loss from isolated bacterial sinusitis. In contrast to previously publi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2451-9936
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.01.041