Orbital apex syndrome with frontal abscess secondary to sinusitis due to Candida guilliermondii

• Main Authors: Abd Bari, Muhd. Syafi, Ab Kahar, Mas Edi, Nordin, Hudzaifah, Salim, Rosdan, Idris, Zamzuri, Wan Hitam, Wan Hazabbah, Ismail, Shatriah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kugler Publications 2021
• Subjects: RE Ophthalmology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/113137/7/113137_%20Orbital%20apex%20syndrome%20with%20frontal.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/113137/; https://myjo.org/index.php/myjo/article/view/212/107; https://doi.org/10.35119/myjo.v3i2.212

Candida guilliermondii is an opportunistic pathogen that rarely causes invasive candidiasis even in immunocompromised humans. We report a case presenta-tion of invasive C. guilliermondii rhinosinusitis causing an orbital and intracranial extension (frontal lobe abscess). An aggressive multidisciplinary team management is a key approach in invasive fungal sinusitis and avoided mortality in this case. When orbital apex syndrome secondary to sinusitis is encountered in an immuno-compromised patient, the treating physician should consider fungal infection as a causative agent.