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ArticleJournal of radiology case reports2019

Mucormycosis creeping along the nerves in an immunocompetent individual.

Sagar Maheshwari, Monica Patil, Shweta Shendey

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Article in Journal of radiology case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sagar MaheshwariDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, B J Govt. Medical College & Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India.
Monica PatilDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, B J Govt. Medical College & Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India.
Shweta ShendeyDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, B J Govt. Medical College & Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India.
B. J. Medical College & Sassoon Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection, often life-threatening. We report an unusual case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis in an immunocompetent patient. A 23-year-old male presented with headache, speech disturbance and hearing difficulty for 4 weeks. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed right cerebellar abscess and enhancing soft tissue in the nasal cavity, extending to cranial and infratemporal fossae. Computed tomography (CT) revealed the widening of foramen rotundum and sclerosis involving the sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses. MR Spectroscopy revealed multiple peaks between 3.6 and 3.8 parts per million (ppm) which could represent trehalose. Nasal mucosa scrapings confirmed mucormycosis. Suspicion of a fungal infection needs to be considered even in the absence of immunocompromised status.

Indexed as

Brain AbscessBrain DiseasesHumansImmunocompetenceMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMucormycosisNose DiseasesSinusitisTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung Adultcerebellar abscessfungal abscessimmunocompetentMucormycosisrhinocerebral

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PMID32184922
PMCPMC7060009
OpenAlexW2987297072

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