Fungal Orbital Infection Mimicking Malignancy in a Girl

Fungal infection of the orbit is rare especially among immunocompetent patients. We present a 9-year–old girl with peri-orbital, eyelid and internal canthus swelling of the left eye. Clinical impression was suggestive of malignant tumor such as rhabdomyosarcoma or lymphoma. Histopathological examina...

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Autores principales: Zahir, Shokouh Taghipour, Sharahjin, Naser Sefidrokh, Rahmani, Koorosh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064804
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Sumario:Fungal infection of the orbit is rare especially among immunocompetent patients. We present a 9-year–old girl with peri-orbital, eyelid and internal canthus swelling of the left eye. Clinical impression was suggestive of malignant tumor such as rhabdomyosarcoma or lymphoma. Histopathological examination of biopsied tissue revealed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation confirmed as fungal infection. Complete response to antifungal therapy was noted after four months.

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