Acute Optic Nerve Infarction Demonstrated by Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in a Case of Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

A 60-year-old woman developed right-eye vision loss secondary to rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Routine MR imaging sequences including enhanced MR imaging showed normal optic nerves, but a diffusion-weighted sequence and apparent diffusion coefficient maps revealed markedly restricted diffusion in the...

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Published in:American Journal of Neuroradiology 2007-03, Vol.28 (3), p.489-490
Main Authors: Mathur, S, Karimi, A, Mafee, M.F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Biological and medical sciences
Blindness - microbiology
Blindness - pathology
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Head & Neck
Humans
Infarction - microbiology
Infarction - pathology
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis - complications
Mucormycosis - pathology
Nervous system
Optic Nerve Diseases - microbiology
Optic Nerve Diseases - pathology
Perception
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Vision
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Summary:A 60-year-old woman developed right-eye vision loss secondary to rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Routine MR imaging sequences including enhanced MR imaging showed normal optic nerves, but a diffusion-weighted sequence and apparent diffusion coefficient maps revealed markedly restricted diffusion in the right optic nerve. This MR imaging abnormality of optic nerve infarction due to mucormycosis has not been reported previously.
ISSN:0195-6108
1936-959X
1432-1920