Multiple brain abscesses from isolated cerebral mucormycosis.
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.
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Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia de México, México, DF.
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D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000473:pathology*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000473:pathology; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000473:pathology; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone