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Optic Nerve Thickening and Infarction as the First Evidence of Orbital Involvement with Mucormycosis
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Optic Nerve Thickening and Infarction as the First Evidence of Orbital Involvement with Mucormycosis

Adel H. Alsuhaibani, Ghazai Al-Thubaiti and Fahad B. Al Badr
Middle East African journal of ophthalmology, Vol.19(3), pp.340-342
01/07/2012
PMCID: PMC3401808
PMID: 22837632

Abstract

Case Report Infarction Mucormycosis Optic Nerve Orbit
We report a 53-year-old female with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus who presented with decreased vision in the right eye for a few hours duration. Orbital computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were performed at presentation and showed a thickening and infarction of the right optic nerve with no other orbital abnormalities. A few days later, the patient developed necrosis in the region of the right medial canthus and nasal mucosa. Tissue biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of mucormycosis.

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