Imaging findings of rhinocerebral mucormycosis

Skull Base

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-126

  Herrera, Diego A ^a   Dublin, Arthur B ^b   Ormsby, Eleanor L ^b   Aminpour, Shervin ^b   Howell, Lydia P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging findings; MRI; Neuroradiology; Rhinocerebral mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ETHMOID SINUS; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE INFECTION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORBIT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINUSITIS;

EID: 63449097931     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1096209     Document Type: Article

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