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

• DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0295-9
• Publication Date: 2012-09-30T22:45:37Z
• Authors: Mehmet Nuri Turan; Erhan Tatar; Mustafa Yaprak; Bilgin Arda; Ömer Kitiş; Dilek Yeşim Metin; Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun; Hüseyin Töz
• Keywords: Male; 0301 basic medicine; Orbital apex syndrome; Ophthalmoplegia; Renal transplantation; Hemiplegia; Syndrome; Middle Aged; Blindness; Kidney Transplantation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Brain Ischemia; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Fatal Outcome; Eye Pain; Humans; Mucormycosis

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.