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46F with diabetes presents with orbital apex syndrome. Imaging and histopathology shown. What is your differential diagnosis? #MayoIDQ to follow @StephanieGrach @ZYetmar @omarabusaleh15
46F with diabetes presents with orbital apex syndrome. Imaging and histopathology shown. What is your differential diagnosis? #MayoIDQ to follow @StephanieGrach @ZYetmar @omarabusaleh15
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46F with uncontrolled DM and recent DKA is admitted because of left sided HA for a month. PE: orbital apex syndrome. Head imaging shown. ENT/neurosurgery proceeded with debridement. Pathology shown. Which one of the following choices is most correct?
46F with uncontrolled DM and recent DKA is admitted because of left sided HA for a month. PE: orbital apex syndrome. Head imaging shown. ENT/neurosurgery proceeded with debridement. Pathology shown. Which one of the following choices is most correct?
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Case diagnosis: Rhinocerebral #mucormycosis due to #Rhizopus in a person with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
Rx:
Surgical debridement
Liposomal #Amphotericin B
Later: transitioned to #Posaconazole upon clinical control and improvement
Case diagnosis: Rhinocerebral #mucormycosis due to #Rhizopus in a person with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
Rx:
Surgical debridement
Liposomal #Amphotericin B
Later: transitioned to #Posaconazole upon clinical control and improvement
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Growing up in Tucson and going to med school @UAZMedTucson, I thought I knew a lot about #coccidioidomycosis. Definitely not!
Here we discuss history, epidemiology, ecology, some cool facts about #Cocci, and reasons why #fluconazole may not be the best drug for Cocci.
Growing up in Tucson and going to med school @UAZMedTucson, I thought I knew a lot about #coccidioidomycosis. Definitely not!
Here we discuss history, epidemiology, ecology, some cool facts about #Cocci, and reasons why #fluconazole may not be the best drug for Cocci.
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In 1892 in Argentina, Alejandro Posadas wrote the first report of a pt w/ disseminated cutaneous cocci
Shortly after, a laborer in San Joaquin valley also had skin lesions
Skin biopsies of both pts revealed protozoa-like orgs, similar to Coccidia
academic.oup.com/cid/article/44…
In 1892 in Argentina, Alejandro Posadas wrote the first report of a pt w/ disseminated cutaneous cocci
Shortly after, a laborer in San Joaquin valley also had skin lesions
Skin biopsies of both pts revealed protozoa-like orgs, similar to Coccidia
academic.oup.com/cid/article/44…
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Here are images of the first patient diagnosed with #Cocci, Domingo Escurra, by Alejandro Posadas
@StanDeresinski
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30690606
Here are images of the first patient diagnosed with #Cocci, Domingo Escurra, by Alejandro Posadas
@StanDeresinski
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30690606
