title: Indolent intracranial mucormycosis: case report.
abstract: We present a patient with isolated intracranial mucormycosis that remained indolent for several months. The mucormycosis formed a mass in the prepontine cistern, probably spreading from the sphenoid sinus. We propose that at least some cases of what is considered isolated CNS mucormycosis develop from such unrecognized indolent infections. Mucormycosis may present as a mass in the basilar cisterns, especially in immunocompromised patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rumboldt
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors