Multiple brain abscesses from isolated cerebral mucormycosis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A report is presented of a patient with cerebral mucormycosis without rhinosinusal or systemic evidence of the disease. The predisposing condition was drug-induced immunosuppression. Computed tomography (CT) showed focal areas of abnormal enhancement which correlated with necropsy findings of localised parenchymal brain damage; this represented encapsulated brain abscesses, a rare form of presentation of cerebral mucormycosis.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Abscess
- Mucormycosis
- Opportunistic Infections