Case Report

Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report

Volume: 2 Number: 1 May 4, 2024
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Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report

Abstract

Tissue invasion due to Aspergillus is most commonly seen in the paranasal sinuses in the head and neck region. Invasive aspergillosis is an opportunistic infection and is frequently seen in immunosuppressed patients. It can spread to the orbit by causing bone erosion, and to the cavernous sinus and intracranial area via vascular access due to angioinvasion caused by opportunistic infection. A 60-year-old female patient complained of pain in the right half of the face that had not gone away for three months. Paranasal sinus tomography revealed a defect in the anterior and lateral walls of the right maxillary sinus. Punch biopsies were taken from the polypoid necrotic tissue filling the maxillary sinus, and the pathology result was reported as aspergillosis. Following voriconazole treatment, in the first year after surgery, II, III, IV, V2, VI. We performed right optic nerve decompression + functional endoscopic sinus surgery on the patient who was diagnosed with cranial nerve paralysis. The infection invaded the lamina papyrea, anterior to the skull base, and lateral to the sphenoid sinus. The patient was discharged with Posaconazole oral therapy after 14 days of IV amphotericin B treatment

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Otorhinolaryngology

Journal Section

Case Report

Publication Date

May 4, 2024

Submission Date

March 6, 2024

Acceptance Date

April 11, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Mehel, D. M., Özdemir, D., Cihan, S. N., & Çeçen, A. (2024). Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report. Samsun Medical Journal, 2(1), 23-28. https://izlik.org/JA92NK94ZD
AMA
1.Mehel DM, Özdemir D, Cihan SN, Çeçen A. Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report. SMJ. 2024;2(1):23-28. https://izlik.org/JA92NK94ZD
Chicago
Mehel, Dursun Mehmet, Doğukan Özdemir, Seda Nur Cihan, and Ayşe Çeçen. 2024. “Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report”. Samsun Medical Journal 2 (1): 23-28. https://izlik.org/JA92NK94ZD.
EndNote
Mehel DM, Özdemir D, Cihan SN, Çeçen A (May 1, 2024) Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report. Samsun Medical Journal 2 1 23–28.
IEEE
[1]D. M. Mehel, D. Özdemir, S. N. Cihan, and A. Çeçen, “Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report”, SMJ, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 23–28, May 2024, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA92NK94ZD
ISNAD
Mehel, Dursun Mehmet - Özdemir, Doğukan - Cihan, Seda Nur - Çeçen, Ayşe. “Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report”. Samsun Medical Journal 2/1 (May 1, 2024): 23-28. https://izlik.org/JA92NK94ZD.
JAMA
1.Mehel DM, Özdemir D, Cihan SN, Çeçen A. Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report. SMJ. 2024;2:23–28.
MLA
Mehel, Dursun Mehmet, et al. “Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report”. Samsun Medical Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, May 2024, pp. 23-28, https://izlik.org/JA92NK94ZD.
Vancouver
1.Dursun Mehmet Mehel, Doğukan Özdemir, Seda Nur Cihan, Ayşe Çeçen. Orbital Apex Syndrome Due To Invasive Aspergillosis: Case Report. SMJ [Internet]. 2024 May 1;2(1):23-8. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA92NK94ZD