Two Cases of Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis.

Kim, Tae Woo; Hwang, Jeong Min; Kim, Sam Soo

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1998;39(4):752-758.
Published online April 1, 1998.

Two Cases of Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis.

Tae Woo Kim, Jeong Min Hwang, Sam Soo Kim

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Municipal Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

비-안와-뇌 모균증 2예

김태우(Tae Woo Kim),황정민(Jeong Min Hwang),김삼수(Sam Soo Kim)

Abstract

Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is the most acutely fatal fungal infection. Diabetes mellitus is the most common underlying condition and other predisposing factors include severe burn, blood dyscrasia, renal disease, sepsis, leukemia and immunosuppresive therapy. The organism has the propensity to invade the blood vessels, producing arteritis, thrombosis and secondary ishemia and tissue necrosis. The authors report two cases of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis accompanying central retinal arterial occlusion and ophthalmoplegia in a 62-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man with diabetes mellitus.

Key Words: Central retinal arterial occlusion;Diabetes mellitus;Ophthal-moplegia;Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis