Cerebral candidiasis: CT studies in a case of brain abscess and granuloma due to Candida albicans.
The CT features of a young female patient suffering from systemic candidiasis with intracerebral manifestation are reported. The definite diagnosis was made by spinal fluid cultures. The diffuse granulomatous lesions as well as an abscess formation remitted after specific therapy with 5-fluorocytosine and amphotericin B for now more than 1 year. In contrast to reports of other cases with mycosis of the central nervous system this case of candidiasis shows lesions of primarily increased attenuation coefficients.
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000666:Amphotericin B; D005437:Flucytosine