Abstract
Although being a rare occurrence, brain cryptococcoma may represent an emerging issue, because of its relationship with a broadening range of risk factors, including malignancies, neutropenia, end-organ failure, bone marrow and solid-organ transplantation, and multiple underlying causes of primary-secondary immunodeficiency. A cerebral cryptococcoma in a chronic nephropathic HIV-negative subject with homocystinuria, completely cured with neurosurgery and voriconazole after fluconazole failure, is described.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 165-171 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Mycopathologia |
Volume | 158 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2004 |
Keywords
- antifungal treatment
- brain abscess
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- homocystinuria
- kidney failure
- neuroimaging
- voriconazole
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Plant Science