Isolated cerebral mucormycosis: case report with CT and pathologic correlation.

نویسندگان

  • F Ginsberg
  • R G Peyster
  • E D Hoover
  • S D Finkelstein
چکیده

Intracranial mucormycosis is an uncommon fungal infection showing a predilection for diabetics and immunologically compromised patients [13]. In the common rhinocerebral form, cerebral involvement is secondary to direct extension from nasal-sinus disease [2-4]. Isolated cerebral mucormycosis (ICM), occurring by hematogenous seeding , has been reported only rarely [3, 5-1 0] . We report the second case of ICM with CT depiction of the disease process and the first in which CT is correlated with the gross and histopathologic findings.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 8 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1987