Mucormycosis with Orbital Apex Syndrome in a Renal Transplant Recipient
Abstract
Mucormycosis is a rarely encountered invasive fungal infection with high mortality.Solid organ transplantation is one of the risk factors for mucormycosis. Mucormycosis can be classified in six different groups according to the anatomical localization; rhinocerebral, pulmonary, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, disseminated, and other less common involvements. This paper presented a mucormycosis case with rhinoorbitocerebral involvementin a renal transplantation receiver, which manifested with orbital apex syndrome.
Keywords
Mucormycosis, orbital apex syndrome, solid organ transplantation
References
- 1. A Turan MN, Tatar E, Yaprak M, Arda B, Kitiş Ö, Metin DY et al. A mucormycosis case presented with orbital apex syndrome and hemiplegia in a renal transplant patient. Int Urol Nephrol. 2012.
- 2. Demiroglu YZ, Turunc T, Erkan NB, Alkan Ö, Alıskan HE, Colakoglu S et al. Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis Treated with Posaconazole: A Case Report. Klimik Dergisi. 2010;23:130-3.
- 3. Sun HY, Singh N. Mucormycosis: its contemporary face and management strategies. Lancet Infect Dis. 2011;11:301-11.
- 4. Chkhotua A, Yussim A, Tovar A, Weinberger M, Sobolev V, Bar-Nathan N et al. Mucormycosis of the renal allograft: case report and review of the literature. Transpl Int. 2001;14:438-41.
- 5. Nampoory MR, Khan ZU, Johny KV, Constandi JN, Gupta RK, Al-Muzairi I et al. Invasive fungal infections in renal transplant recipients. J Infect. 1996;33:95-101.
- 6. Brown J. Zygomycosis: an emerging fungal infection. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:2593-6.
- 7. Wali U, Balkhair A, Al-Mujaini A. Cerebro-rhino orbital mucormycosis: an update. J Infect Public Health. 2012;5:116-26.
- 8. Koc Z, Koc F, Yerdelen D, Ozdogu H. Rhino-orbitalcerebral mucormycosis with different cerebral involvements: infarct, hemorrhage, and ophthalmoplegia.Int J Neurosci. 2007;117:1677-90.
- 9. Spellberg B, Kontoyiannis DP, Fredricks D, Morris MI, Perfect JR, Chin-Hong PV et al. Risk factors for mortality in patients with mucormycosis. Med Mycol. 2012;50:611-8.
- 10. Yeh S, Foroozan R. Orbital apex syndrome. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2004;15:490-8.
