Rhinocerebral mucormycosis with extension to the posterior fossa: case report.
A 25-year-old man with juvenile onset diabetes presented with rhinoorbital mucormycosis. He was treated aggressively with orbital extirpation and amphotericin B. Six months later, he presented with posterior fossa extension of the mucormycosis.
Soloniuk
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State University of New York, Buffalo.
Moreland
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D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
D000666:Amphotericin B