A case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis with brain abscess drained by endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery

A case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis with brain abscess drained by endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery

A 70-year-old Japanese man undergoing remission induction therapy for acute monocytic leukemia (AML-M5b) developed fever and headache, and was started on antibiotics and liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB). There was no improvement, and computed tomography and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagi...

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Main Authors: Kensuke Uraguchi, Kenichi Kozakura, Satoshi Oka, Takaya Higaki, Seiichiro Makihara, Toshi Imai, Akira Doi, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Shin Kariya, Kazunori Nishizaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis
Acute rhinosinusitis
Brain abscess
Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery
Acute monocytic leukemia
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