CT findings in rhinocerebral mucormycosis & aspergillosis
10.3348/jkrs.1986.22.6.947
- Author:
Dong Ik KIM
;
Jung Ho SUN
;
Jong Doo LEE
;
Kyu Chang LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid;
Aspergillosis;
Biopsy;
Mucormycosis;
Orbit;
Paranasal Sinuses;
Prognosis;
Sclerosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1986;22(6):947-952
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Invasive aspergilosis or mucormycosis of the paranasal sinuses involving the cranial cavity is termed'rhinocerebral' mycosis, which is often difficult to differentiate from malignancy. Prognosis of rhinocerabralmycosis: is diastrous and usually fatal. The authors herein report 6 cases of rhinocerebral mycosis: two of themwe mucormycosis and four were aspiergillosis histopathologically. Main CT featurs are nodular mucosal thickeningin the multiple sits of the paranasal sinuses that extend to orbital apex or cavernosu sinus through focaldestruction of bony wall. In spite of their invasiveness beyond bony boundary, destruction is not so remarkableand it is always accompained by bony sclerosis. Awareness of these diseases and CT patterns discussed in thisreport should be helpful in leading to early biopsy and treamtent.
