Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rapidly progressive fungal infection that spreads from nose and sinuses to brain in short time. Cunent hypothesis about brain involvement explains that infection initiates in nose and progresses into orbit through ethmoidat sinuses via erosion of lamina papyranea. Then infection spreads from orbit apex to cavernous sinus and brain. Therefore, in addition to medic...

    Nasal and Paranasal Sinus Mucormycosis, Endoscopic Surgery with Protection of Vital Organs Function     A. Golshiri Isfahani [1] , Z. Shabani [2] , F. Lori Gooini [3] , M.R. Mokhtaree [4]     Received: 25/09/07 Sent for Revision: 15/09/08 Received Revised Manuscript: 30/04/09 Accepted: 09/05/09     Background and Objectives: Mucormycosis is a rare but often fatal disease caused by a fungus ...

Within the nine patients with diagnosis of mucormycosis that were under treatment in this center, all have an underlying disease such as diabetes or immunedeficiency. In the onest of disease, they often had symptoms of common cold, sinusitis then gradually blindness, proptosis, 5th and 7th carnial nerves paralyis, confusion and coma developed.   Treatment consists of antifungal therapy with amp...

Background: This study was done to determine presenting features and treatment out-come of Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis (ROCM). Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted during 14 years (from 1998-2012) in two educational hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in patients with rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis. Clinical symptoms, predisposing factors, demografic p...

مقدمه : تاخیر کوتاه مدت در بیدارشدن بیماران بعد از اعمال جراحی تحت بیهوشی عمومی، یافته شایعی بوده و اغلب ناشی از باقیماندن اثر داروهای بیهوشی است. اما به هوش نیامدن طولانی مدت پس از خاتمه عمل می تواند به یک معضل برای متخصص بی هوشی تبدیل گردد. بیمار معرفی شده گزارش چنین موردی است. معرفی بیمار: بیمار خانم 28 ساله با تشخیص موکورمایکوزیس جهت آندوسکوپی و تخلیه سینوسها به اتاق عمل آورده شد که به علت ...