PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Safder, S.
AU  - Carpenter, J.S.
AU  - Roberts, T.D.
AU  - Bailey, N.
TI  - The “Black Turbinate” Sign: An Early MR Imaging Finding of Nasal Mucormycosis
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A1808
DP  - 2010 Apr 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 771--774
VI  - 31
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/4/771.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/4/771.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2010 Apr 01; 31
AB  - SUMMARY: Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rare angioinvasive fungal infection that has a strong predilection for patients with poorly controlled diabetes and immunosuppression. Initial presenting symptoms are nonspecific and frequently are attributed to more mundane sinonasal and orbital pathologies. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential for survival and minimizing neurologic sequelae. CT and MR imaging are often used in the diagnostic work-up; however, CT findings are nonspecific. ADCapparent diffusion coefficientDWIdiffusion-weighted imagingENTear, nose, and throatIVintravenous