Cerebral mucormycosis masquerading as brain metastasis from lung cancer: A case report

Cerebral mucormycosis masquerading as brain metastasis from lung cancer: A case report

We report a rare case of concurrent pulmonary and cerebral mucormycosis initially misdiagnosed as a metastatic tumor. A 66-year-old man with a complaint of progressive right-sided limb weakness for 3 days. Head MRI showed a left parietal occupying lesion with severe edema, and a chest CT scan showed...

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Main Authors: Yuankun Cai, Qian Wu, Xiaohui Wu, Zheng Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Mucormycosis
Fungal infections
Ring enhancement
Misdiagnosis
Case report
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402204049X

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