Volume 25, Issue 111, May, 2021

Angioinvasion of anterior cerebral artery by rhinocerebral mucormycosis leading to intraparenchymal hemorrhage: A rare case report

Sameera Dronamraju^1♦, Shubham Nimkar¹, Smita Damke², Sachin Agrawal³, Sunil Kumar³

¹Post graduate resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashra, India
²Professor, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashra, India
³Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Post graduate resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashra, India

ABSTRACT

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis leading to intraparenchymal bleed is a rare entity. The objective of this case report is to highlight this unusual incidence in a case of mucormycosis. We present a case of a 50-year-old man with typical signs and symptoms like headache, diplopia, nasal congestion, swelling and congestion of right eye, cerebral sinus venous thrombosis diagnosed as rhinocerebral mucormycosis and on further imaging of brain showing erosion of anterior cerebral artery leading to fatal intra parenchymal bleed. The clinician must be quick to diagnose and aggressively manage the condition with both medical and surgical therapies to salvage the life of the patient.

Keywords: Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis, anterior cerebral artery, Intraparenchymal hemorrhage.

Medical Science, 2021, 25(111), 1088-1091

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