A mucormycosis case presented with orbital apex syndrome and hemiplegia in a renal transplant patient

Mehmet Nuri Turan; Erhan Tatar; Mustafa Yaprak; Bilgin Arda; Ömer Kitiş; Dilek Yeşim Metin; Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun; Hüseyin Töz

doi:10.1007/s11255-012-0295-9

A mucormycosis case presented with orbital apex syndrome and hemiplegia in a renal transplant patient

Int Urol Nephrol. 2013 Dec;45(6):1815-9. doi: 10.1007/s11255-012-0295-9. Epub 2012 Sep 30.

Authors

Mehmet Nuri Turan¹, Erhan Tatar, Mustafa Yaprak, Bilgin Arda, Ömer Kitiş, Dilek Yeşim Metin, Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun, Hüseyin Töz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nephrology, Ege University School of Medicine, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey, [email protected].

PMID: 23054315
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0295-9

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blindness / microbiology*
Brain Ischemia / microbiology*
Eye Pain / microbiology
Fatal Outcome
Hemiplegia / microbiology*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis / complications*
Mucormycosis / diagnosis
Mucormycosis / drug therapy
Ophthalmoplegia / microbiology*
Syndrome