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Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
January 2025
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Patna Medical College, Patna, Bihar India.
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is an acute, rapidly progressing, and life-threatening condition that predominantly affects individuals with uncontrolled diabetes and those who are immunocompromised. One critical complication of this disease is the thrombosis of orbital vessels, which can be indicative of angioinvasiveness and predict the subsequent development of cerebral infarctions. In this context, we present a case series of patients with rhino-orbital mucormycosis who experienced complications due to internal carotid artery thrombosis.
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February 2025
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, AIIMS Nagpur, Nagpur, India.
Acute sinusitis is a relatively common condition in pediatric patients. In most cases, it resolves completely with prompt medical management, but its rapid progression to severe orbital complications leading to restriction of extra-ocular movements and negative perception of light in the affected eye is rare and pose diagnostic and management challenges. The aggressive nature of acute rhinosinusitis requires urgent surgical intervention coupled with prompt medical management to prevent life threatening complications and outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 78-year-old woman with untreated hypertension presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of binocular diplopia, initially raising suspicion of neurological pathology. However, characteristic facial findings suggested sagging eye syndrome, confirmed by orbital magnetic resonance imaging. This case highlights the importance of clinicians paying close attention to distinctive facial features in patients with acute binocular diplopia.
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March 2025
Department of Radiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
A 11-year-old male patient presented with a 4-month history of decreased vision in the left eye, which gradually worsened to complete loss of vision in the left eye over the past 1 month. The patient had a 6-year history of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and had been clinically cured after chemotherapy for 3 years. The visual acuity of the left eye was hand-motion at near.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Infect Public Health
February 2025
Diagnostic Virology Group, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, MCC 130/1 Sus Road, Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra 411021, India.
Background: Sporadic cases and rare outbreaks of Zika Virus (ZIKV) have been reported in India since 2016. Between June to early September 2024; the city of Pune in western India was affected with a large outbreak of ZIKV. Here we report the analysis of epidemiological; clinical and genomic characteristics of the outbreak.
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