Pseudallescheria boydii infection of the brain: imaging with pathologic confirmation.
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.
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Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7510, USA.
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Mukherji
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Bouldin
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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