Orbital apex syndrome secondary to a fungal nasal septal abscess caused by Scedosporium apiospermum in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes: a case report

BACKGROUND: Orbital apex syndrome is a localized type of orbital cellulitis, where mass lesions occur at the apex of the cranial nerves. Although nasal septal abscess is uncommon, the organism most likely to cause nasal septal abscess is Staphylococcus aureus, and fungal septal abscesses are rare. H...

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Autores principales: Kishimoto, Ippei, Shinohara, Shogo, Ueda, Tetsuhiro, Tani, Shoichi, Yoshimura, Hajime, Imai, Yukihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28950832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2753-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28950832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2753-6

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