Mucormycosis-associated intracranial hemorrhage.

Rhinoorbitocerebral mucormycosis is a devastating infection being increasingly recognized in immunocompromised hosts and carries poor prognosis. Early recognition and treatment are critical in order to improve clinical outcomes and decrease the development of complications. Fatal cerebral infarctions have been described in patients with rhinoorbitocerebral mucormycosis, likely due to the thrombotic occlusion of the affected blood vessels directly invaded by this aggressive mycotic infection. We report a patient that presented with aplastic anemia, subsequently complicated by systemic mucormycosis, which generated reactive plasmacytosis, and developed intracranial infarction and hemorrhage. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 24:100-101 (C) 2012 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.