Orbital reconstruction following sino-nasal mucormycosis.
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.
Lari
A R
AR
Al Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Ibn Sina Hospital, Safat, Kuwait.
Kanjoor
J R
JR
Vulvoda
M
M
Katchy
K C
KC
Khan
Z U
ZU
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