title: Head and brain scan findings in rhinocerebral mucormycosis: case report.
abstract: Brain and bone scan findings in two patients suffering from rhinocerebral mucormycosis following kidney transplantation are presented. Two patients who had had kidney transplants and were sustained for over a month on immunosuppressive drugs developed a rare type of opportunistic infection--mucormycosis. They were examined in various stages of their disease. Special attention was paid to the scintillagraphic findings.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012886:Skull; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous