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ArticleCureus2020

More than Meets the Eye: Aspergillus-Related Orbital Apex Syndrome.

Joshua A Ronen, Faizan A Malik, Catherine Wiechmann, Swapna Kolli, Raphael Nwojo

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua A RonenInternal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Permian Basin, Odessa, USA.
Faizan A MalikInternal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Permian Basin, Odessa, USA.
Catherine WiechmannInternal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, USA.
Swapna KolliInternal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Permian Basin, Odessa, USA.
Raphael NwojoOtolaryngology, Medical Center Health System, Odessa, USA.
Texas Tech University · USTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The patient is a 67-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2, coronary artery disease (CAD) status post stent placement, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) status post left nephrectomy and bilateral adrenalectomy secondary to metastatic disease, and aspergillus pneumonia who was transferred from an outside hospital for evaluation of progressively worsening pulsating right temple and retrobulbar headache. Initial studies ruled out glaucoma, giant cell arteritis, and stroke, or aneurysmal pathology. The only positive finding was right sphenoid sinus disease on imaging that had caused bony destruction and infiltration of the right orbital apex. Broad-spectrum antibiotics were started for bacterial versus fungal sinusitis and the patient was admitted to the medical floor with consultations to Neurology, Otolaryngology (ENT), and Ophthalmology. ENT took the patient emergently to the OR. The final diagnosis was chronic aspergillus sinusitis and right-sided orbital apex syndrome (OAS). Antibiotics and antifungals were optimized by the infectious disease team. ENT also ordered steroid washouts post-operatively with budesonide and saline as well as sinus debridements every couple of weeks.

Indexed as

aspergilluscavernous sinus syndromejacod syndromemucoralesorbital apex disordersorbital apex syndromeorbital cellulitisphaeohyphomycosispreseptal cellulitissuperior orbital fissure syndrome

Identifiers

PMID32850224
PMCPMC7445422
OpenAlexW3044446735

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