A Case of Invasive Fungal Infection Of Optic Nerve

Neural spread is a rare mode of spread for fungal infection. We hereby report a case of a 55-year-old diabetic woman with intraneural invasion by Aspergillus. In this case blackish discolouration of the optic nerve head due to intraneural invasion and black growth in the lumen of retinal vessels due...

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Main Authors: Shyam Kumar Gupta, Taru Dewan, Arun Kumar Patidar
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-10-01
Series:Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.266
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description Neural spread is a rare mode of spread for fungal infection. We hereby report a case of a 55-year-old diabetic woman with intraneural invasion by Aspergillus. In this case blackish discolouration of the optic nerve head due to intraneural invasion and black growth in the lumen of retinal vessels due to intravascular spread was documented. This is the first fundus documentation of such a fungal growth in a living person.
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spelling doaj-art-2d4e7c2bcf574e198b6d3f1766c148802025-08-20T03:11:55ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology0972-02002454-27842017-10-0127427727810.7869/djo.266A Case of Invasive Fungal Infection Of Optic NerveShyam Kumar GuptaTaru DewanArun Kumar PatidarNeural spread is a rare mode of spread for fungal infection. We hereby report a case of a 55-year-old diabetic woman with intraneural invasion by Aspergillus. In this case blackish discolouration of the optic nerve head due to intraneural invasion and black growth in the lumen of retinal vessels due to intravascular spread was documented. This is the first fundus documentation of such a fungal growth in a living person.https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.266computed tomography (ct) and magnetic resonance (mr)functional endoscopic sinus surgery (fess)acquired immuno deficiency syndrome (aids)
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Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology
computed tomography (ct) and magnetic resonance (mr)
functional endoscopic sinus surgery (fess)
acquired immuno deficiency syndrome (aids)
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functional endoscopic sinus surgery (fess)
acquired immuno deficiency syndrome (aids)
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