Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Patient with Sphenoid Fungal Balls

Orbital apex syndrome (OAS) is a rare disease that presents with a complex of symptoms, including ophthalmoplegia, ptosis and visual loss. Due to the poor prognosis, making a prompt diagnosis and administering the appropriate treatment must be initiated without delay if OAS is suspected. We report h...

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Autores principales: Cho, Seok Hyun, Jin, Bong Joon, Lee, Yong Seop, Paik, Seung Sam, Ko, Myung Kyoo, Yi, Hyeong-Joong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19434293
http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2009.2.1.52
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author Cho, Seok Hyun
Jin, Bong Joon
Lee, Yong Seop
Paik, Seung Sam
Ko, Myung Kyoo
Yi, Hyeong-Joong
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description Orbital apex syndrome (OAS) is a rare disease that presents with a complex of symptoms, including ophthalmoplegia, ptosis and visual loss. Due to the poor prognosis, making a prompt diagnosis and administering the appropriate treatment must be initiated without delay if OAS is suspected. We report here on a case of a patient with sphenoid fungal balls, and he presented with acute visual loss and ophthalmoplegia.
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spelling pubmed-26718342009-05-11 Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Patient with Sphenoid Fungal Balls Cho, Seok Hyun Jin, Bong Joon Lee, Yong Seop Paik, Seung Sam Ko, Myung Kyoo Yi, Hyeong-Joong Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol Case Report Orbital apex syndrome (OAS) is a rare disease that presents with a complex of symptoms, including ophthalmoplegia, ptosis and visual loss. Due to the poor prognosis, making a prompt diagnosis and administering the appropriate treatment must be initiated without delay if OAS is suspected. We report here on a case of a patient with sphenoid fungal balls, and he presented with acute visual loss and ophthalmoplegia. Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2009-03 2009-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2671834/ /pubmed/19434293 http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2009.2.1.52 Text en Copyright © 2009 Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cho, Seok Hyun
Jin, Bong Joon
Lee, Yong Seop
Paik, Seung Sam
Ko, Myung Kyoo
Yi, Hyeong-Joong
Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Patient with Sphenoid Fungal Balls
title Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Patient with Sphenoid Fungal Balls
title_full Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Patient with Sphenoid Fungal Balls
title_fullStr Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Patient with Sphenoid Fungal Balls
title_full_unstemmed Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Patient with Sphenoid Fungal Balls
title_short Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Patient with Sphenoid Fungal Balls
title_sort orbital apex syndrome in a patient with sphenoid fungal balls
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19434293
http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2009.2.1.52
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