%0 Journal Article
%T A unique case of intracranial mucormycosis following an assault
%J Curēus
%D 2016
%A Hussain, Fadilah S.
%A Hussain, Namath S.
%V 8
%N 7
%P e696-e696
%X 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>
%G en
%I Curēus
%@ 2168-8184
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.696