Sudden blindness as an initial manifestation of localized fusariosis in ethmoid sinus and optic nerve.

Ann Hematol

Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan.

Published: October 2017

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