Diabetes Case Reports

Otolaryngology Department, Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Publications

• Case Report   
  Acute invasive fungal sinusitis with orbital cellulitis from Cambodian tertiary hospital: a case report
  Author(s): Cheapov Tech
  
  Background: Acute invasive fungal sinusitis is a fulminant infection. Delay in diagnosis may consequently lead to high mortality notably at poor resources setting like Cambodia. Objective: We intend to illustrate the diagnostic challenges, aggressive management required, and poor outcomes associated with AIFS at less advanced medical centre. Outcome: The patient hospitalized around three months after radical full-house endoscopic sinus surgery, orbital exenteration and right hemi maxillectomy to kill the black fungus expansion. The patient’s condition due to the immunocompromising comorbidities, including diabetes mellitus and cardiopathy. This led to the development of severe systemic infection and hospital-acquired pneumonia, ultimately resulting in death around two months. Survival rates for patients affec.. View more»
  

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