Aspergillosis sinusitis with cranio-orbital spread in an apparently immunocompetent patient

Navneet Singh; Adarsh Nadig; Piyali Pal; Chinari P K Subudhi; Kanna Gnanalingham

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Aspergillosis sinusitis with cranio-orbital spread in an apparently immunocompetent patient

Navneet Singh, Adarsh Nadig, Piyali Pal, Chinari P K Subudhi, Kanna Gnanalingham

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Abstract

Intracranial fungal infections are unusual and typically described in immunocompromised hosts. The authors describe a rare case of an immunocompetent white man presenting with blindness after Aspergillus fumigatus infection of the ethmoidal air sinus with spread to the orbital apex and the frontal lobe. This was successfully treated by surgical drainage via a frontal craniotomy and long-term antifungal therapy with voriconazole. © 2013 Georg Thieme Verlag KG.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e237-e238
Journal	Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery
Volume	74
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1345092
Publication status	Published - Dec 2013

Keywords

blindness
cerebral aspergillosis
immunocompetent
intracranial abscess

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Aspergillosis sinusitis with cranio-orbital spread in an apparently immunocompetent patient

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