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

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2014 Sep;23(8):e403-e404. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.02.024. Epub 2014 Aug 6.

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.

Keywords: Mucormycosis; cerebral; fungus; infection; ischemia; stroke.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cause of Death
  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / complications
  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / microbiology*
  • Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / mortality
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mucormycosis / complications*
  • Mucormycosis / diagnosis
  • Mucormycosis / mortality
  • Stroke / etiology*
  • Stroke / mortality*
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / complications
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / microbiology*
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / mortality