Successful treatment of a giant isolated cerebral mucormycotic (zygomycotic) abscess using endoscopic debridement: case report and therapeutic considerations

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 510-515

  Metellus, Philippe ^a   Laghmari, Mehdi ^a   Fuentes, Stéphane ^a   Eusebio, Alexandre ^a   Adetchessi, Tarek ^a   Ranque, Stéphane ^a   Bouvier, Corinne ^a   Dufour, Henry ^a   Grisoli, François ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Cerebral abscess; Endoscopy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Mucormycosis; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GADOLINIUM; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 42049108380     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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