title: Cerebral blastomycosis: a case report.
abstract: Blastomycosis is a chronic systemic fungal infection characteristically affecting the skin and lungs. Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) is unusual, with cases generally presenting with meningitis, and rarely as intracranial mass lesion and solitary or multiple abscesses. Only two cases of intracranial extra-axial blastomycosis have been reported from India, and we report the third case, which presented as meningioma in a 23-year old female.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
authors.forename: Bal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chander
authors.forename: Prabal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deb
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Vir Singh
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Mehar Chand
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D020314:Central Nervous System Fungal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B