[The 'black turbinate sign' in a case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis]

Rev Neurol. 2014 Mar 1;58(5):234-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Title: Signo del cornete negro en un caso de mucormicosis rinocerebral.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cranial Nerve Diseases / etiology
  • Dexamethasone / administration & dosage
  • Dexamethasone / adverse effects
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Encephalitis / complications
  • Encephalitis / diagnosis*
  • Encephalitis / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis / microbiology
  • Encephalitis / surgery
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / complications
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / diagnosis*
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / microbiology
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / surgery
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Interferons / administration & dosage
  • Interferons / adverse effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / complications
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / diagnosis*
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / microbiology
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / surgery
  • Melanoma / drug therapy
  • Melanoma / secondary
  • Mucormycosis / complications
  • Mucormycosis / diagnosis*
  • Mucormycosis / drug therapy
  • Mucormycosis / microbiology
  • Mucormycosis / surgery
  • Opportunistic Infections / complications
  • Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Opportunistic Infections / surgery
  • Rhizopus / isolation & purification*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Turbinates / pathology*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Dexamethasone
  • Amphotericin B
  • Interferons