Primary cerebral alveolar echinococcosis: mycology to the rescue.
A case of primary cerebral alveolar echinococcosis with a favorable outcome is reported. A universal fungal PCR enabled this diagnosis, while the initial serological analysis remained noncontributive.
Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Nancy, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Anne
A
Debourgogne
François
F
Goehringer
Gérald
G
Umhang
Guillaume
G
Gauchotte
Sandrine
S
Hénard
Franck
F
Boué
Thierry
T
May
Marie
M
Machouart
D001706:Biopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D004443:Echinococcosis; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed