Acute subdural hematoma and intracerebral hemorrhage. Rare complications of rhinocerebral mucormycosis.
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a short-term and often rapidly lethal fungal disease. It is generally seen in uncontrolled cases of diabetes with ketoacidosis. This case exhibits many of the features of a typical fulminating rhinocerebral mucormycosis. However, the fatal complications of acute subdural hematoma and massive intracerebral hemorrhage due to rupture of aneurysm, as demonstrated by angiography, are unique clinical manifestations of patients with rhinocerebral mucormycosis.
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000382:microbiology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
D000935:Antifungal Agents