airway management in a patient with palato-maxillo-orbital tract as a sequel of rhino-cerbral mucormycosis undergoing kidney transplantation

Management of rhino-orbital mucormycosis

Mucormycosis is an uncommon acute invasive fungal infection that affects immunocompromised patients. It progresses rapidly and has poor prognosis if diagnosed late. Early detection, control of the underlying condition with aggressive surgical debridement, administration of systemic and local antifungal therapies, hyperbaric oxygen as adjunctive treatment improves prognosis and survivability.

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...

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...

Rhino - orbital mucormycosis – — A case report

Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis and Orbital Exenteration

Matthew P. Fahrenkopf, MD, Joshua J. Nelson, MD, Mitchell Eichhorn, MD, Julie Conway, MD and Adam Hassan, MD aMichigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids; bGrand Rapids Medical Education Partners Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency, Grand Rapids, Mich; cHelen DeVos Children’s Hospital Pediatric Ophthalmology, Grand Rapids, Mich, and dEye Plastic & Facial Cosmetic ...