A case of orbital apex syndrome in a patient with malignant otitis externa. | [Journal of Pakistan Medical Association • 2013]

Author(s):

1. Khabir Ahmad: Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Sohail Awan: Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

3. Mohammad Ali Sadiq: Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

4. Qazi Assad Khan: Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

5. Rashid Baig: Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

A rare case of skull base infection with a rapid clinical course leading to visual loss and eventually death in a poorly-controlled diabetic patient is presented. A 37- year-old woman presented with a history of visual loss and painful protrusion of the right eye for the preceding 3 days. This was accompanied by vertigo and right-side facial weakness. The patient had perception of light in her right eye and 20/25 (presenting visual acuity) in the fellow eye, accompanied by right-side proptosis, total ophthalmoplegia, optic disc pallor and central retinal artery occlusion. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the presence of oedema with softtissue thickening in the right external auditory canal along with evidence of fluid within the middle ear cavity and mastoid air cells on the right side. A diagnosis of Orbital Apex Syndrome was made and treatment initiated.

Page(s): 271-273

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Published: Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Year: 2013

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