Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis with different cerebral involvements: Infarct, hemorrhage, and ophthalmoplegia

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1677-1690

  Koc, Zafer ^a   Koc, Filiz ^b   Yerdelen, Deniz ^a   Ozdogu, Hakan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical; CT; Imaging; MRI; Mucormycosis; Orbital; Rhinocerebral; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RHINOORBITAL CEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBITAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35948957038     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450601050238     Document Type: Article

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