Disseminated zygomycosis masquerading as cerebral lupus erythematosus.
Zygomycosis often occurs in patients with an underlying disease, e.g., diabetes mellitus, leukemia, and lymphoma, or an immunocompromised state. This report discusses a case of a 21-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by uremia, acidosis, steroid therapy, prolonged antimicrobial therapy, and disseminated zygomycosis.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology