A mucormycosis case presented with orbital apex syndrome and hemiplegia in a renal transplant patient
Articles > Article · 2012
Authors: Mehmet Nuri TURAN, Erhan TATAR, Mustafa YAPRAK, Bilgin ARDA, Ömer KİTİŞ, Dilek Yeşim METİN, Cuneyt HOŞCOŞKUN, Hüseyin TÖZ
International Urology and Nephrology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2012, vol 45, pp 1815-1819
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0295-9
Summary
Solid organ transplantation is a risk factor for mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is a necrotizing opportunistic fungal infection with high morbidity and mortality. We report a fatal mucormycosis case with rhino-orbital-cerebral involvement in a renal transplant patient, which presented with orbital apex syndrome and hemiplegia.