Spinal arachnoiditis with Cryptococcus neoformans in a nonimmunocompromised child.
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.
Woodall
W C
WC
Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
Bertorini
T E
TE
Bakhtian
B J
BJ
Gelfand
M S
MS
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
D000666:Amphotericin B