@article{ref1,
title="A unique case of intracranial mucormycosis following an assault",
journal="Curēus",
year="2016",
author="Hussain, Fadilah S. and Hussain, Namath S.",
volume="8",
number="7",
pages="e696-e696",
abstract="Intracranial mucormycosis is a very unusual presentation of an infection after a depressed skull fracture due to an assault. Only sporadic cases have been reported in the literature previously. A 30-year-old male with a traumatic brain injury following an assault, status-post debridement and elevation of a depressed skull fracture, was discharged home several weeks postoperatively. A CT scan of the head with contrast was obtained due to mental status changes and revealed an enhancing ring-shaped lesion in the right frontal lobe consistent with a brain abscess. The patient was taken to the operating room for image-guided excisional biopsy of the lesion, with pathology revealing mucormycosis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-8184",
doi="10.7759/cureus.696",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.696"
}