Fatal Mycotic Aneurysm of the Basilar Artery Caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in a Patient with Pituitary Adenoma and Meningitis.

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Published in Front Med (Lausanne) on July 18, 2017

Authors

Martin Winterholler1, Roland Coras2, Walter Geißdörfer3, Rudolf Rammensee4, Philipp Gölitz5, Christian Bogdan3, Roland Lang3

Author Affiliations

1: Neurologische Klinik, Sana-Krankenhaus Rummelsberg, Schwarzenbruck, Germany.
2: Department of Neuropathology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
3: Mikrobiologisches Institut-Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
4: Department of Neurosurgery, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
5: Department of Neuroradiology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.

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