Cerebral and spinal cord involvement resulting from invasive aspergillosis.
Although central nervous system involvement in disseminated aspergillosis is known to occur in immunocompromised patients, particularly after bone marrow transplantation, localized involvement of the spinal cord is exceedingly rare. In this report we present and illustrate detailed imaging findings of central nervous system invasion by Aspergillus fumigatus in a 30-year-old woman, with emphasis on the spinal cord involvement.
Guermazi
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Department of Radiology, Saint-Louis Hospital, AP-HP, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France. guermazi@chu-stlouis.fr
Benchaib
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Zagdanski
A M
AM
Hocqueloux
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L
Rili
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Molina
J M
JM
de Kerviler
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E
D000328:Adult; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications; D020953:Neuroaspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology