title: Pseudallescheria boydii infection of the brain: imaging with pathologic confirmation.
abstract: Pseudallescheria boydii is a rare opportunistic microorganism that usually infects immunosuppressed hosts. In this patient with cerebral infection by P boydii, imaging findings included enhancement of the ependyma of a lateral ventricle and of the caudate nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7510, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Albernaz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huston
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Bouldin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011541:Pseudallescheria; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed