The authors report the case of a 55-year-old female, hypertensive, smoker patient
presenting with dysphonia, dysphagia and persistent dry cough. Laryngoscopy diagnosed
left vocal cord paralysis. Computed tomography demonstrated saccular aneurysm of the
inferior wall of the aortic arch, stretching the left recurrent laryngeal nerve, a
finding compatible with Ortner’s syndrome.
The present report describes the case of a 43-year-old diabetic patient with facial pain, protruding eyes, nasal congestion and decreased right vision (involvement of the ipsilateral cranial nerves III, IV and V). Computed tomography showed diffuse sinusitis at right, cribriform plate erosion and presence of a hypodense collection in the frontal lobe with peripheral enhancement. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the presence of a cerebral abscess. Samples were collected from the lesion, confirming hyphae compatible with mucormycosis.
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