Successful Management of a Complex Case of Recurrent Sphenoid Sinus Mucocele with Fungal Sinusitis and Optic Nerve Compression
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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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: An International Journal Clinical Rhinology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0974-4630,0975-6965
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10013-1366