Persistence of cryptococcomas on neuroimaging.
Three previously normal patients with cryptococcal meningitis had intracranial lesions on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging that persisted for >5 years after successful cure with antifungal drugs. Persistence of lesions on neuroimaging should not be misinterpreted as evidence of active cryptococcosis.
Hospenthal
D R
DR
Clinical Mycology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Duane.Hospenthal@amedd.army mil.
Bennett
J E
JE
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed