Central nervous system Cryptococcoma mimicking demyelinating disease: a case report.
Background: Cerebral cryptococcomas is a rare form of central nervous system cryptococcosis. Most previous cases were mistaken for neoplasm before surgery. We present a case of cerebral cryptococcomas whose radiological profiles resembled demyelinating disease, especially tumefactive demyelinating l...
| Publicado en: | BMC Neurology Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5 |
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BioMed Central
8/12/2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=145107835&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 145107835 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14712377 1CI7 jtl: BMC Neurology issn: 14712377 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 8/12/2020 vid: 20 iid: 1 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 145107835 145107835 NLM32787794 145107835 10.1186/s12883-020-01880-4 NLM32787794 145107835 ppf: 1 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Central nervous system Cryptococcoma mimicking demyelinating disease: a case report. aug: au: Wei, Jie Li, Xiang-Yu Zhang, Yue affil: Department of neurology, 905th hospital of PLA Navy, No 1328 Huashan Road, Changning District, 200052, Shanghai, China sug: subj: Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections Diagnosis Cryptococcosis Diagnosis Demyelinating Diseases Diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Antigens, Fungal Cerebrospinal Fluid Neuroradiography Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cryptococcosis Cerebrospinal Fluid Cryptococcus Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections Cerebrospinal Fluid Male Adult Adult: 19-44 years Male ab: Background: Cerebral cryptococcomas is a rare form of central nervous system cryptococcosis. Most previous cases were mistaken for neoplasm before surgery. We present a case of cerebral cryptococcomas whose radiological profiles resembled demyelinating disease, especially tumefactive demyelinating lesion.Case Presentation: A 40-year-old male was admitted for 1-week-long unconsciousness. Brain MRI revealed a rim-enhanced mass within the corpus callosum body. Central nervous system demyelinating disease was suspected. Empirical corticosteroid treatment led to some improvement, but his condition deteriorated 2 months later. Brain MRI revealed punctate new foci. Cryptococcus neoformans was detected in cerebrospinal fluid. Cryptococcus antigen test was positive in his current and previous cerebrospinal fluid samples. The patient died despite standard antifungal treatment.Conclusion: Diagnosis of cerebral cryptococcomas is challenging. It may mimic demyelinating diseases. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: case study Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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