Central nervous system cryptococcosis: parenchymal calcification and large gelatinous pseudocysts.
In an 11-year-old immunocompetent girl with protracted cryptococcal infection of the central nervous system, CT showed multiple areas of parenchymal calcification. MR imaging showed large gelatinous pseudocysts around the brain stem. These imaging features and the child's age are unusual for intracranial cryptococcosis.
Caldemeyer
K S
KS
Department of Radiology, Indiana University, School of Medicine, University Hospital, Indianapolis 46202, USA.
Mathews
V P
VP
Edwards-Brown
M K
MK
Smith
R R
RR
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003399:Craniotomy; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B