Perineural spread of rhinocerebral mucormycosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 114-116

  McLean, Frederick M ^a   Ginsberg, Lawrence E ^b   Stanton, Constance A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, infection; Nerves, trigeminal (v)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PONS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0030038932     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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