Gadolinium enhancement of the cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with meningeal fibrosis and cryptococcal infection.
We describe the case of a 52-year-old man, with cryptococcal meningitis and meningeal fibrosis who had undergone ventricular shunting. Gd-DTPA-enhanced T1-weighted MRI revealed diffuse meningeal enhancement. Remarkably, there was enhancement of the pia mater and posterior fossa subarachnoid space.
Sakamoto
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Division of Neuroimaging Research, Hyogo Institute for Aging Brain and Coginitive Disorders, Japan.
Kitagaki
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H
Ishii
K
K
Yamaji
S
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Ikejiri
Y
Y
Mori
E
E
D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology*; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology