Response of visual loss in allergic fungal sinusitis to oral corticosteroids

Scott M Graham; Keith D Carter

doi:10.1177/000348940511400315

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Response of visual loss in allergic fungal sinusitis to oral corticosteroids

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Response of visual loss in allergic fungal sinusitis to oral corticosteroids

Scott M Graham and Keith D Carter

Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology, Vol.114(3), pp.247-249

03/2005

DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400315

PMID: 15825578

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Abstract

Visual loss associated with allergic fungal sinusitis is most often treated with surgery followed by oral corticosteroids. A case is presented in which, because of substantial medical comorbidities, surgery could not be initially performed and the visual loss was corrected with prednisone alone. This case serves to reinforce the central role of corticosteroids in treatment of this enigmatic condition.

Ampicillin - therapeutic use

Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use

Sinusitis - diagnosis

Humans

Sinusitis - therapy

Sulbactam - therapeutic use

Aspergillosis - diagnosis

Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use

Sinusitis - microbiology

Female

Aged

Blindness - therapy

Blindness - etiology

Prednisone - therapeutic use

Aspergillosis - drug therapy

Details

Title: Subtitle: Response of visual loss in allergic fungal sinusitis to oral corticosteroids
Creators: Scott M Graham - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1093, USA
Keith D Carter
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology, Vol.114(3), pp.247-249
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400315
PMID: 15825578
ISSN: 0003-4894
eISSN: 1943-572X
Language: English
Date published: 03/2005
Academic Unit: Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Record Identifier: 9983979936502771

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