title: Orbital reconstruction following sino-nasal mucormycosis.
abstract: We discuss the reconstruction of an orbit destroyed by an invasive fungal infection. Sino-nasal mucormycosis is usually associated with a poor prognosis, and occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients. Serial imaging leading to repeated radical debridement, along with intravenous amphotericin, helped the patient to recover from this serious disease. A well-vascularised galeal frontalis-pericranial flap from the mid-forehead region was used to reconstruct the orbital defect.
authors.affiliation: Al Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Ibn Sina Hospital, Safat, Kuwait.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lari
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kanjoor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vulvoda
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Katchy
authors.forename: Z U
authors.initials: ZU
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017233:Orbit Evisceration / Q000379:methods*; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012233:Rhizopus; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome