Apical Orbital Aspergillosis Complicating Giant Cell Arteritis.
J Neuroophthalmol
; 36(2): 159-63, 2016 06.
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ABSTRACT
A 75-year-old woman with new onset headaches and left vision loss, temporal scalp tenderness, and jaw claudication was found to have biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). Despite treatment and improvement with prednisone, she later developed left orbital apex syndrome, and an orbital biopsy revealed aspergillosis. After antifungal treatment, extraocular motility improved although vision in the left eye remained no light perception. Clinicians should be aware that fungal orbital apex disease may mimic or complicate steroid-treated GCA.
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Asunto principal:
Enfermedades Orbitales
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Aspergilosis
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Arteritis de Células Gigantes
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Infecciones Fúngicas del Ojo
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Neuroophthalmol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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OFTALMOLOGIA
Año:
2016
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Article