Rare Case in Emergency Department; Mucormycosis Causes Vision Loss

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 68 - 71, 29.06.2021

Başak Harı Seyran Bozkurt Babuş , Ataman Köse , Barış Ten , Fehime Tenekeci

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to present a case of rhinoorbital mucormycosis associated with high mortality and disability
rates.

Case: A 46-year-old male patient with a history of diabetes was admitted to our emergency department with
complaints of drooping of the eyelid and loss of vision. The patient with a necrotic lesion on the palate was hospitalized with the diagnosis of rhinoorbitacerebral mucormycosis.

Conclusion: In patients with a history of diabetes, periorbital cellulitis, loss of vision or neurological findings,
mucor mokcosis should be kept in mind and the oropharynx should be examined thoroughly.

Keywords

Diabetes mellitus, rhino orbital cerebral mucormycosis, ocular manifestations, necrosis of the palate

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Acil Serviste Nadir Olgu; Görme Kaybına Neden Olan Mukormikozis

Abstract

Amaç: Yüksek mortalite ve sakatlık oranları ile ilişkili rinoorbital mukormikozis olgusunun sunulması amaçlandı.

Olgu: Diyabet öyküsü olan 46 yaşında erkek hasta göz kapağında düşme ve görme kaybı şikayeti ile acil servisimize başvurdu. Damakta nekrotik lezyonu olan hasta rinoorbitaserebral mukormikoz tanısı ile hastaneye yatırıldı.

Sonuç: Diyabet öyküsü olan, periorbital selülit, görme kaybı veya nörolojik bulgularla acil servise başvuran
hastalarda mukor mikozis akılda tutulmalı ve orofarinks iyice muayene edilmelidir.

Keywords

Diabetes mellitus, rinoorbital serebral mukormikoz, göz bulguları, damakta nekroz

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