title: Spinal arachnoiditis with Cryptococcus neoformans in a nonimmunocompromised child.
abstract: Cryptococcal spinal arachnoiditis occurs in patients with meningitis and usually when they are immunocompromised. It is rare in children. We report a child without evidence of immunologic abnormality who developed paraparesis due to a primary cryptococcal arachnoiditis without meningitis and who improved with adequate therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Woodall
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Bertorini
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bakhtian
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gelfand
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001099:Arachnoid / Q000473:pathology*; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B