Perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans

Rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a fungal infection commonly affecting individuals with diabetes and those in immunocompromised states. However, infections caused by Apophysomyces elegans can involve immunocompetent individuals. The invasion pattern of cerebral mucormycosis is somewhat pr...

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Autores principales: Parsi, Kirti, Itgampalli, Raghavendra K., Vittal, R., Kumar, Anjani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24101833
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.116921
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author Parsi, Kirti
Itgampalli, Raghavendra K.
Vittal, R.
Kumar, Anjani
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description Rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a fungal infection commonly affecting individuals with diabetes and those in immunocompromised states. However, infections caused by Apophysomyces elegans can involve immunocompetent individuals. The invasion pattern of cerebral mucormycosis is somewhat predictable and may occur by direct invasion or hematogenous spread. Perineural spread of the disease is unusual. Here, we report the first case of perineural extension of ROCM caused by A. elegans along the trigeminal nerve in a 25-year-old immunocompetent, nondiabetic individual.
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spelling pubmed-37882972013-10-07 Perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans Parsi, Kirti Itgampalli, Raghavendra K. Vittal, R. Kumar, Anjani Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report Rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is a fungal infection commonly affecting individuals with diabetes and those in immunocompromised states. However, infections caused by Apophysomyces elegans can involve immunocompetent individuals. The invasion pattern of cerebral mucormycosis is somewhat predictable and may occur by direct invasion or hematogenous spread. Perineural spread of the disease is unusual. Here, we report the first case of perineural extension of ROCM caused by A. elegans along the trigeminal nerve in a 25-year-old immunocompetent, nondiabetic individual. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3788297/ /pubmed/24101833 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.116921 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Parsi, Kirti
Itgampalli, Raghavendra K.
Vittal, R.
Kumar, Anjani
Perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans
title Perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans
title_full Perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans
title_fullStr Perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans
title_full_unstemmed Perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans
title_short Perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans
title_sort perineural spread of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis caused by apophysomyces elegans
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24101833
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.116921
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