MRI demonstration of intracerebral cryptococcal granuloma.
We report an intracerebral cryptococcal granuloma in a patient who presented with recent memory disturbance and deteriorating mental status followed by temporary loss of consciousness. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an intracerebral cryptococcal granuloma examined by a combination of conventional MRI, fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery and diffusion-weighted imaging and in which the surgical specimen was analysed histochemically.
Kamezawa
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Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
Shimozuru
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T
Niiro
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M
Nagata
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S
Kuratsu
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J
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000209:etiology