Non-invasive fungal sinusitis resulting in multiple cranial nerve neuropathies.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 Apr 2019
Historique:
entrez: 11 4 2019
pubmed: 11 4 2019
medline: 3 8 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A 33-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a right-sided facial paralysis and maxillary division (V2, trigeminal nerve) paraesthesia. He had been suffering with upper respiratory tract symptoms in the preceding 2 months, including rhinorrhoea, fever and headache. The patient was otherwise fit and immunocompetent. Urgent radiological investigation revealed extensive fungal sinusitis with sphenoid sinus dehiscence and skull base osteitis. The patient underwent emergency endoscopic sinus surgery revealing concretions and debris in the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses. He was commenced on systemic antifungal therapy and made a full recovery with resolution of his cranial neuropathies. The fungus

Identifiants

pubmed: 30967452
pii: 12/4/e229094
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229094
pmc: PMC6506037
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antifungal Agents 0
Fluconazole 8VZV102JFY

Types de publication

Journal Article Case Reports

Langues

eng

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

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Auteurs

Thomas Hendriks (T)

Department of Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Samuel Leedman (S)

Department of Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Mark Quick (M)

Department of Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Aanand Acharya (A)

Department of Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

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