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Bilateral Orbital Apex Syndrome Related to Sphenoid Fungal Sinusitis
Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2023 Orbital apex syndrome (OAS) is a rare condition that usually occurs due to damage to surrounding inner and surrounding bone tissue. Orbital apex syndrome may result from a variety of conditions that cause damage to the superior orbital fissure and to the
Dong Hyun Kim MD +4 more
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Frozen overnight: acute orbital apex syndrome caused by aspergillosis
, 2023 Purpose to describe a rare case of orbital apex syndrome caused by aspergillosis with acute presentation. Case description retrospective case report of a 70-year-old man who developed unilateral ophthalmoplegia overnight.
Meli, Salvatore +3 more
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Recurrent alternating Tolosa-Hunt syndrome mimicking idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Case Reports, 2021 Tolosa–Hunt syndrome (THS) is a granulomatous inflammation in cavernous sinus or orbital apex. Recurrences are encountered ipsilaterally. Contralateral involvement is known as alternating THS.
Muthukrishnan Vallinayagam +3 more
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Gradenigo Syndrome: Retro-orbital Pain, Abducens Palsy, and Petrous Apicitis
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2022 Gradenigo's syndrome is a rarely encountered triad of otitis media, retro-orbital pain, and abducens nerve palsy. Originally described in the early 1900s by Giuseppe Gradenigo, it is the physical manifestation of a lesion involving the petrous apex of ...
Andrea Chernau +2 more
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HIV & AIDS Review. International Journal of HIV-Related Problems, 2020 Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) is a neurocutaneous disease caused by reactivation of herpes zoster infection from latent phase after varicella infection in elderly population. It affects ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve.
Saidatulakma Shariff +4 more
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Orbital apex syndrome secondary to nasopharyngeal carcinoma [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2015 We report the rare occurrence of unilateral orbital apex syndrome with neurotrophic keratitis secondary to nasopharyngeal carcinoma in t h e left eye in a 40-year-old lady.
Sandhya CS +4 more
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Pituitary metastasis of breast cancer mimicking IgG4-related hypophysitis
eNeurologicalSci, 2019 IgG4-related hypophysitis, which is the pituitary gland inflammation caused by IgG4 positive lymphocytes, can affect cavernous sinus and orbital apex leading to developing cranial nerve related symptoms such as orbital apex syndrome (OAS). Here we report
Kanako Nose +5 more
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Polymicrobial sphenoethmoid sinusitis with orbital apex extension presenting as vision loss
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2020 The orbital apex is a complex region which serves as a craniofacial junction and acts as a conduit for numerous neural and vascular structures. A variety of infection, neoplastic, and inflammatory etiologies can affect this region, and often present with
Andrey Filimonov +4 more
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Great masquerader in Pandora's box: A case of orbital TB
TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2023 Orbital tuberculosis is rare, even in endemic areas. A 45-year-old male diabetic presented with drooping of the right eyelid and facial pain for one month.
Venipriya Sigamani +3 more
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Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis Causing Orbital Apex Syndrome and Blindness [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018 Mucormycosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis (ROCM) represents nearly half of all cases.
Musab Abdulaziz Alsubaie +4 more
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