An unusual presentation of sphenoid Candida fungal ball: a case report

The clinical presentation of a sphenoid fungal ball (FB) is often non-specific and tends to be overlooked, particularly in hosts with an intact immune status. Rarely, potentially life-threatening complications may arise, owning its anatomical characteristics with contiguous structures. Herein, we pr...

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Autores principales: Tuang, Geng Ju, Zahedi, Farah Dayana, Akashah, Izzah, Lee, Jennifer Peak Hui, Abidin, Zainal Azmi Zainal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6690168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31423297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz240
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author Tuang, Geng Ju
Zahedi, Farah Dayana
Akashah, Izzah
Lee, Jennifer Peak Hui
Abidin, Zainal Azmi Zainal
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description The clinical presentation of a sphenoid fungal ball (FB) is often non-specific and tends to be overlooked, particularly in hosts with an intact immune status. Rarely, potentially life-threatening complications may arise, owning its anatomical characteristics with contiguous structures. Herein, we present an unusual case of sphenoid FB complicated with orbital apex syndrome in an immunocompetent patient. The diagnosis dilemma and subsequent management are further discussed.
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spelling pubmed-66901682019-08-16 An unusual presentation of sphenoid Candida fungal ball: a case report Tuang, Geng Ju Zahedi, Farah Dayana Akashah, Izzah Lee, Jennifer Peak Hui Abidin, Zainal Azmi Zainal J Surg Case Rep Case Report The clinical presentation of a sphenoid fungal ball (FB) is often non-specific and tends to be overlooked, particularly in hosts with an intact immune status. Rarely, potentially life-threatening complications may arise, owning its anatomical characteristics with contiguous structures. Herein, we present an unusual case of sphenoid FB complicated with orbital apex syndrome in an immunocompetent patient. The diagnosis dilemma and subsequent management are further discussed. Oxford University Press 2019-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6690168/ /pubmed/31423297 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz240 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6690168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31423297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz240
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