Central retinal artery occlusion as the presenting manifestation of invasive rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis.
Central retinal artery occlusion
diabetes mellitus
ophthalmoplegia
ptosis
rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis
Journal
Taiwan journal of ophthalmology
ISSN: 2211-5072
Titre abrégé: Taiwan J Ophthalmol
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101582127
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
19
07
2018
accepted:
02
10
2018
entrez:
21
4
2020
pubmed:
21
4
2020
medline:
21
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a rare but devastating fungal infection caused by filamentous fungi of the family Mucoraceae. We report a rare case of unilateral ROCM in a diabetic patient where central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) was the first manifestation of the disease. Magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed orbital and intracranial spread of the disease. Definitive diagnosis was established by culture of the biopsy specimen which showed
Identifiants
pubmed: 32309127
doi: 10.4103/tjo.tjo_72_18
pii: TJO-10-62
pmc: PMC7158931
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
62-65Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2020 Taiwan J Ophthalmol.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest of this paper.
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