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

gnorimies20.15 shared this article with you from Inoreader A case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis with brain abscess drained by endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery. Via Skull Base A case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis with brain abscess drained by endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2020 Dec;30:22-25 Authors: Uraguchi K, Kozakura K, Oka S, Higaki T, Makihara S, Imai T, Doi A, Ohta T, Kariya S, Nishizaki K Abstract 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 imaging revealed acute rhinosinusitis and brain abscess. Successful endoscopic endonasal surgery was performed at this point, providing drainage for the rhinosinusitis and abscess. Histopathological findings showed the mucormycosis. PMID: 33083212 [PubMed] View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.