Rhino-orbital mucourmycosis in a non-immunocompromised patient

Serous retinal detachment in a patient with rhino-orbital mucormycosis.

BACKGROUND Rhino-orbital mucormycosis is a difficult disease to treat. We report one case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis, complicated by serous retinal detachment, that responded to aggressive treatment. CASE A 38-year-old man with diabetic ketoacidosis was referred to the emergency department of our hospital with fever, proptotic right eye, and complaint of lethargy. OBSERVATIONS Fundus exa...

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...

Combination antifungal therapy without craniotomy in an immunocompromised patient with rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: A case report

Rhino-orbital zygomycosis.

A 63-year-old diabetic man presented with sinusitis with orbital and intracranial signs progressing over one week, due to zygomycosis. Despite control of the diabetes, surgical excision of infected tissue and antifungal therapy he died in the fifth week of illness. Pathological study showed extensive fungal infiltration of periorbital structures and mycotic thrombosis of many blood vessels with...

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...