Cerebral aspergillosis: MR imaging and histopathologic correlation.
The authors report a case of intracranial aspergillosis secondary to immunosuppression. Signal intensity changes in the lesion on brain MR are compared with gross and histopathologic findings at autopsy. A peripheral ring of low signal intensity relates to a dense population of Aspergillus hyphal elements and small areas of hemorrhage. CT findings are included for comparison.
Cox
J
J
Department of Radiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa 33612.
Murtagh
F R
FR
Wilfong
A
A
Brenner
J
J
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