title: Extensive extraaxial blastomycosis granuloma at the skull base--case report.
abstract: A 37-year-old female presented with a rare case of intradural, extraaxial Blastomyces dermatitidis granuloma involving a large part of the skull base. She had the principal complaint of worsening vision, but was otherwise healthy. The lesion mimicked an en-plaque meningioma on radiological examination and in gross appearance during surgery. This is a very unusual presentation for a blasto-mycosis granuloma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhayani
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001758:Blastomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000648:ultrastructure