title: [Mucormycosis: an unusual cause of unilateral exophthalmia].
abstract: Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection associated with high mortality. Orbital involvement was usually reported but was rarely isolated. We report the case of a 57-year-old patient who presented a proptosis associated to an ethmoid sinusitis. Inflammatory symptoms were late which was responsible for delayed diagnosis. Our patient died because of multi-organ failure.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation médicale, CHU Habib Bourguiba, route El Ain Km 1, 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. anischaari2004@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaari
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghadoun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ben Algia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahloul
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouaziz
mesh_terms: D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed