Cerebritis, optic ischemia, and cavernous sinus thrombosis arising from sinonasal mucormycosis

Eliseo Picchi, PhD, MD; Noemi Pucci, MD; Alessia Amatruda, MD; Francesca Fu, MD; Paola Leomanni, MD; Valentina Ferrazzoli, MD; Francesca Di Giuliano, PhD, MD; Francesco Garaci, PhD, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Sep 2024)

Cerebritis, optic ischemia, and cavernous sinus thrombosis arising from sinonasal mucormycosis

Eliseo Picchi, PhD, MD,
Noemi Pucci, MD,
Alessia Amatruda, MD,
Francesca Fu, MD,
Paola Leomanni, MD,
Valentina Ferrazzoli, MD,
Francesca Di Giuliano, PhD, MD,
Francesco Garaci, PhD, MD

Affiliations

Eliseo Picchi, PhD, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, University Hospital of Rome “Tor Vergata'', Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy; Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1 00133 Rome, Italy
Noemi Pucci, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, University Hospital of Rome “Tor Vergata'', Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy; Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1 00133 Rome, Italy; Corresponding author.
Alessia Amatruda, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, University Hospital of Rome “Tor Vergata'', Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy
Francesca Fu, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, University Hospital of Rome “Tor Vergata'', Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy
Paola Leomanni, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, University Hospital of Rome “Tor Vergata'', Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy
Valentina Ferrazzoli, MD: Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1 00133 Rome, Italy; Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy
Francesca Di Giuliano, PhD, MD: Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1 00133 Rome, Italy; Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy
Francesco Garaci, PhD, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, University Hospital of Rome “Tor Vergata'', Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy; Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1 00133 Rome, Italy; Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale Oxford 81 00133, Rome, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 9
pp. 3693 – 3700

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Brain and ocular infections can be the worst and fatal consequences of sinonasal infections in immunomodulated or immunocompromised patients.We report a case of a 35-year-old female who received an allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia, suffering from maxillo-spheno-ethmoidal rhinosinusitis which was complicated by cavernous sinus thrombosis, orbital cellulitis, optic ischemia and cerebritis.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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