Looks like a stroke, acts like a stroke, but It's more than a stroke: A case of cerebral mucormycosis

David Ermak; Sangam Kanekar; Charles Specht; Margaret Wojnar; Max Ricardo Lowden

doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.02.024

Looks like a stroke, acts like a stroke, but It's more than a stroke: A case of cerebral mucormycosis

David Ermak, Sangam Kanekar, Charles Specht, Margaret Wojnar, Max Ricardo Lowden

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Abstract

Mucormycosis is a fungus that exhibits angiocentric growth and can cause a thrombotic arteritis. Infection with this organism is uncommon and cerebral involvement is most often secondary to direct invasion through the paranasal sinuses. Here, we present a case of mucormycosis with cerebral involvement without sinus disease, which resulted in ischemic stroke with rapid progression resulting in death.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e403-e404
Journal	Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume	23
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.02.024
State	Published - Sep 1 2014

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Surgery
Rehabilitation
Clinical Neurology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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