title: Bilateral optic nerve infarction in rhino-cerebral mucormycosis: A rare magnetic resonance imaging finding.
abstract: Mucormycosis is an emerging disease in diabetes and immunocompromised patients. Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is one of the common forms of the disease. Mucormycosis leading to ischemic optic neuropathy is a rare complication. The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of ischemic optic neuropathy is limited and uncommonly reported. We report an unusual case of mucormycosis in which MRI revealed bilateral optic nerve infarction, in addition to perineural extension of the fungus along the trigeminal nerve, another uncommon imaging finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
authors.forename: Mandeep Singh
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ghuman
authors.affiliation: Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Shabdeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Alberta Children Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Samarjit Kaur
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhandal
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
authors.forename: Archana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
authors.forename: Kavita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saggar
keywords: Ischemic optic neuropathy; MRI; optic nerve infarction; perineural spread; rhino-cerebral mucormycosis