title: Intracranial phycomycosis: case reports.
abstract: Cerebral phycomycosis is a rare disease. We describe two patients with unusual features of focal intracranial phycomycosis: a diabetic patient with chronic epidural abscess and a healthy individual with an isolated intracerebral abscess. Biopsy established the diagnosis in both patients. Treatment was successful in the patient with intracerebral abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B; D005437:Flucytosine