title: Cerebellar cryptococcosis characterized by a space-occupying lesion in an immunocompetent non-HIV patient.
abstract: Central nervous system (CNS) cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that typically occurs in patients with reduced immunological function, such as patients with AIDS, patients receiving organ transplants, or patients receiving corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy. CNS cryptococcosis rarely occurs in immunocompetent patients. CNS cryptococcosis is characterized by meningitis and encephalitis and occasionally forms isolated granulomas. Isolated cerebellar cryptococcoma is a rare condition, especially in immunocompetent patients, and the misdiagnosis rate is high. A definite diagnosis must be based on pathology. To raise awareness of this disease, the clinical data of a patient with cryptococcomas in the right side of the cerebellum are reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bi-Xia
authors.initials: BX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong ; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xi-Jian
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hong-Han
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Yi-Xiang J
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lun-Li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: central nervous system; cerebellar; cryptococcosis; immunosuppressive; magnetic resonance imaging