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JOURNAL OF KOREAN NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY
Volume 42, Issue 5, Pages 400-402Publisher
KOREAN NEUROSURGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2007.42.5.400
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isolated; cerebral mucormycosis; amphotericin B
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Isolated cerebral mucoromycosis, without rhino-orbital focus, is an extremely rare but life-threatening infection of central nervous system that most commonly found in intravenous drug abuser. We present a case of isolated cerebral mucormycosis diagnosed by open biopsy and treated with amphotericin B. The patient has returned to independent living.
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