Optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis

Fungal shpenoidal sinusitis with osteomyelitis is rare in young immunocompetent patients. We present a case of a presumed fungal sphenoidal sinusitis presenting with second and sixth cranial nerve involvement which resolved well with systemic anti-fungal treatment.

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Autores principales: Shah, Virna M., Panikkar, Kartik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984506
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000095
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spelling pubmed-64360002019-04-12 Optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis Shah, Virna M. Panikkar, Kartik GMS Ophthalmol Cases Article Fungal shpenoidal sinusitis with osteomyelitis is rare in young immunocompetent patients. We present a case of a presumed fungal sphenoidal sinusitis presenting with second and sixth cranial nerve involvement which resolved well with systemic anti-fungal treatment. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6436000/ /pubmed/30984506 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000095 Text en Copyright © 2019 Shah et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis
title Optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis
title_full Optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis
title_fullStr Optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis
title_full_unstemmed Optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis
title_short Optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis
title_sort optic neuritis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old female due to fungal sphenoidal sinusitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984506
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000095
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