Cerebral blastomycosis: a case report.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
;
2007 Oct; 50(4): 821-4
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-74645
ABSTRACT
Blastomycosis is a chronic systemic fungal infection characteristically affecting the skin and lungs. Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) is unusual, with cases generally presenting with meningitis, and rarely as intracranial mass lesion and solitary or multiple abscesses. Only two cases of intracranial extra-axial blastomycosis have been reported from India, and we report the third case, which presented as meningioma in a 23-year old female.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Blastomycosis
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Brain
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Female
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Amphotericin B
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Adult
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Craniotomy
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Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
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Diagnosis, Differential
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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