Intraventricular cryptococcal granuloma.
A case is reported of a cryptococcal granuloma occurring within the lateral ventricle. The findings on angiography and brain-scanning led to a preoperative diagnosis of intraventricular meningioma. There are no previous reports of an isotope brain-scan in this condition and angiography usually shows an avascular swelling.
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000382:microbiology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging