Magnetic resonance imaging findings in AIDS patients with central nervous system cryptococcosis.
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. Generally, the disease affects the central nervous system, especially in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Central nervous system involvement can be either meningeal or parenchymal. As the infe...
| Publicado en: | Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 211 - 215 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=36491090&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 36491090 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 11301406 PVP jtl: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia issn: 11301406 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: dic2008 vid: 25 iid: 4 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 36491090 ppf: 211 ppct: 4 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.4MB tig: atl: Magnetic resonance imaging findings in AIDS patients with central nervous system cryptococcosis. aug: au: Corti, Marcelo Villafañe, María Florencia Negroni, Ricardo Arechavala, Alicia Maiolo, Elena affil: Division of HIV/AIDS Disease, Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mycology Unit, Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina su: Cryptococcus Central nervous system diseases AIDS Cryptococcosis Mycoses sug: subj: Cryptococcus Central nervous system diseases AIDS Cryptococcosis Mycoses keyword: Cryptococcomas Cryptococcus neoformans Gelatinous pseudocysts Neuroimages Virchow-Robin spaces Criptococomas Cryptococcus neoformans Espacios de Virchow-Robin Neuroimágenes Pseudoquistes gelatinosos Sida ab: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. Generally, the disease affects the central nervous system, especially in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Central nervous system involvement can be either meningeal or parenchymal. As the infection spreads along the Virchow-Robin spaces these structures may dilate with the mucoid and gelatinous material produced by the organism's capsule. The lesions associated with the dilatation of Virchow-Robin spaces are referred to as gelatinous pseudocysts. Bigger lesions are known as cryptococcomas. In this article we describe five patients with neurocryptococcosis associated with AIDS and parenchymal lesions compatible with gelatinous pseudocysts and cryptococcomas. La criptococosis es una micosis oportunista causada por Cryptococcus neoformans. Por lo general compromete el sistema nervioso central de individuos inmunodeprimidos, en especial aquellos con infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana. A nivel del sistema nervioso central puede comprometer las meninges o el parénquima encefálico. Como la infección se disemina a través de los espacios de Virchow-Robin, éstos pueden dilatarse por efecto del material gelatinoso que produce la cápsula del microorganismo. Estas lesiones se denominan "seudoquistes gelatinosos" y aquellas de mayor tamaño reciben el nombre de "criptococomas". En este trabajo, se presentan cinco pacientes con diagnóstico de neurocriptococosis asociada a sida, y presencia de lesiones cerebrales parenquimatosas compatibles con seudoquistes gelatinosos o criptococomas. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia is the property of Elsevier B.V. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia holder: Elsevier B.V. dt: @attributes: year: 2008 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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