The most common risk factor for mixed bacterial and fungal keratitis was ocular trauma, and the most common combination was Staphylococcus epidermidis and Fusarium species. Usually, patients with mixed bacterial and fungal keratitis have poor prognosis. Thus, when the infectious keratitis is running an atypical course or found unresponsive to the initial medical treatment, the possibility of a mixed infection by bacterial and fungal organisms should be considered.
Purpose: We report a case of neurogenic blepharoptosis after reconstruction of a medial orbital wall fracture using the transcaruncular approach. Case summary: A 13-year-old girl presented with left eyeball pain and binocular diplopia caused by trauma from falling.Orbital computerized tomography showed a blowout fracture of the left medial orbital wall, herniation of the orbital soft tissue into the ethmoid sinus, and a portion of the medial rectus muscle trapped in the fracture. The patient underwent successful reconstruction of the medial orbital wall using the transcaruncular approach. However, moderate blepharoptosis with functional loss of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle developed immediately after awaking from the anesthesia. The blepharoptosis was presumed to have developed due to postoperative edema; therefore, oral corticosteroid was prescribed. However, the blepharoptosis did not improve. No other ocular signs or symptoms were detected. Because neither the margin reflex distance (MRD1) nor the function of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle recovered after eight weeks of conservative treatment, surgical correction of blepharoptosis was performed under local anesthesia. The preaponeurotic fat, soft tissue, tarsal plate, and aponeurosis of the levator palpebrae superioris all appeared normal. The patient underwent maximal resection of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle and the blepharoptosis was alleviated two weeks after the operation.
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