Calcified cerebral cryptococcal granuloma.
The authors report a 12-mo-old girl with calcified cerebral cryptococcal granuloma. She was admitted with a 6-mo history of seizures. Laboratory examinations showed no abnormal findings. Electroencephalography revealed bilateral slow wave activity, greater in the right occipital region. CT showed an...
| Publicado en: | Indian Journal of Pediatrics Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 345 - 349 |
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| Formato: | case study Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Apr2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104070154&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104070154 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00195456 1CQL jtl: Indian Journal of Pediatrics issn: 00195456 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2013 vid: 80 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104070154 NLM22544674 2012072479 10.1007/s12098-012-0758-0 NLM22544674 104070154 ppf: 345 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Calcified cerebral cryptococcal granuloma. aug: au: Zhu, Jing-Qi Tao, Xiao-Feng Bao, Wei-Qun Hao, Nan-Xin Wu, Xiang-Ru affil: Department of Radiology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. sug: subj: Brain Diseases Diagnosis Calcinosis Diagnosis Cryptococcus Eosinophilia Diagnosis Granuloma Diagnosis Parietal Lobe Pathology Parietal Lobe Radiography Brain Diseases Complications Brain Diseases Microbiology Brain Diseases Surgery Calcinosis Complications Calcinosis Surgery Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential Electroencephalography Female Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurosurgery Methods Parietal Lobe Surgery Readmission Seizures Etiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcomes Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Female ab: The authors report a 12-mo-old girl with calcified cerebral cryptococcal granuloma. She was admitted with a 6-mo history of seizures. Laboratory examinations showed no abnormal findings. Electroencephalography revealed bilateral slow wave activity, greater in the right occipital region. CT showed an irregular calcified focus with small surrounding low density in the right parieto-occipital region. MRI demonstrated mixed signals without edema and visible flow-voids. The clinical symptoms mimicked intracranial vascular malformations. The diagnosis of cerebral cryptococcal granuloma was made by histopathology. Partial resection of the lesion with post-operatively antifungal and anticonvulsant therapy offered the satisfactory result. Cerebral cryptococcal granuloma is extremely rare, especially in infants. Calcification is indeed unusual. Cerebral cryptococcal granuloma should be included in the differential diagnosis of intracranial mass with calcification in infants. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: case study Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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