Multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: Case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings

We describe the clinical, laboratory, and imaging data of three patients who are proven cases of blastomycosis with cranial involvement. In this review, we discuss the imaging features of cranial blastomycosis with relevant clinical case examples including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonanc...

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Autores principales: Kochar, Puneet S, Lath, Chinar O, Klein, Andrew P, Ulmer, John L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Neuro
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4813061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081235
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.178360
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Lath, Chinar O
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description We describe the clinical, laboratory, and imaging data of three patients who are proven cases of blastomycosis with cranial involvement. In this review, we discuss the imaging features of cranial blastomycosis with relevant clinical case examples including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and advanced MR imaging techniques like magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and MR perfusion. Literature is reviewed for modern-day diagnosis and treatment of this fatal intracranial infection, if not diagnosed promptly and managed effectively.
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spelling pubmed-48130612016-04-14 Multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: Case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings Kochar, Puneet S Lath, Chinar O Klein, Andrew P Ulmer, John L Indian J Radiol Imaging Neuro We describe the clinical, laboratory, and imaging data of three patients who are proven cases of blastomycosis with cranial involvement. In this review, we discuss the imaging features of cranial blastomycosis with relevant clinical case examples including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and advanced MR imaging techniques like magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and MR perfusion. Literature is reviewed for modern-day diagnosis and treatment of this fatal intracranial infection, if not diagnosed promptly and managed effectively. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4813061/ /pubmed/27081235 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.178360 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Kochar, Puneet S
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Ulmer, John L
Multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: Case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings
title Multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: Case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings
title_full Multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: Case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings
title_fullStr Multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: Case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings
title_full_unstemmed Multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: Case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings
title_short Multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: Case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings
title_sort multimodality imaging in cranial blastomycosis, a great mimicker: case-based illustration with review of clinical and imaging findings
topic Neuro
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4813061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081235
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.178360
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