Head and brain scan findings in rhinocerebral mucormycosis: case report.
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.
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