A mucormycosis case presented with orbital apex syndrome and hemiplegia in a renal transplant patient.
Solid organ transplantation is a risk factor for mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is a necrotizing opportunistic fungal infection with high morbidity and mortality. We report a fatal mucormycosis case with rhino-orbital-cerebral involvement in a renal transplant patient, which presented with orbital apex syndrome and hemiplegia.
Department of Nephrology, Ege University School of Medicine, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey, mnturan@mail.com.
Mehmet Nuri
MN
Turan
Erhan
E
Tatar
Mustafa
M
Yaprak
Bilgin
B
Arda
Ömer
Ö
Kitiş
Dilek Yeşim
DY
Metin
Cüneyt
C
Hoşcoşkun
Hüseyin
H
Töz
D001766:Blindness / Q000382:microbiology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D058447:Eye Pain / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000382:microbiology*; D013577:Syndrome