Intracranial Aspergillus granuloma simulating meningioma on MR imaging.
A case of intracranial granuloma caused by Aspergillus fumigatus involving the anterior cranial fossa is reported. The patient was nonimmuno-compromised and was asymptomatic until he had an accident. The magnetic resonance appearance simulated a meningioma, showed isointense mass with brain parenchyma on both T1- and T2-weighted images with pial vascular rim. The final diagnosis was established after surgery and histopathological examination.
Gupta
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NMR Research Center, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Singh
A K
AK
Bishnu
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Malhotra
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D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis*