TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - A unique case of intracranial mucormycosis following an assault
JO  - Curēus
A1  - Hussain, Fadilah S.
A1  - Hussain, Namath S.
SP  - e696
EP  - e696
VL  - 8
IS  - 7
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2168-8184
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.696
ID  - ref1
ER  -