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Cerebral Aspergillosis Mimicking a Neoplasm in an Immunocompetent Patient

Cerebral aspergillosis mostly presents as single or multiple abscesses with vascular invasion in immunocompromised patients. A rare mass like or tumoral form of cerebral aspergillosis has been described mostly in immunocompetent patients. A 22-year-old-male presented with recurrent attacks of comple...

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Autores principales: Neyaz, Zafar, Singh, Vivek, Mehrotra, Anant, Jain, Manoj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6259295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598919
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_393_17
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author Neyaz, Zafar
Singh, Vivek
Mehrotra, Anant
Jain, Manoj
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description Cerebral aspergillosis mostly presents as single or multiple abscesses with vascular invasion in immunocompromised patients. A rare mass like or tumoral form of cerebral aspergillosis has been described mostly in immunocompetent patients. A 22-year-old-male presented with recurrent attacks of complex partial seizures with secondary generalization, headache, and blurring of vision. Preoperative diagnosis of a cerebral neoplasm was considered in view of solid mass-like enhancement. However, histopathological examination was suggestive of central nervous system aspergillosis. The presence of imaging findings such as T2 hypointensity, irregular frond-like margins, and absence of choline peak may be the clues, which suggest a fungal etiology.
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spelling pubmed-62592952018-12-31 Cerebral Aspergillosis Mimicking a Neoplasm in an Immunocompetent Patient Neyaz, Zafar Singh, Vivek Mehrotra, Anant Jain, Manoj Int J Appl Basic Med Res Case Report Cerebral aspergillosis mostly presents as single or multiple abscesses with vascular invasion in immunocompromised patients. A rare mass like or tumoral form of cerebral aspergillosis has been described mostly in immunocompetent patients. A 22-year-old-male presented with recurrent attacks of complex partial seizures with secondary generalization, headache, and blurring of vision. Preoperative diagnosis of a cerebral neoplasm was considered in view of solid mass-like enhancement. However, histopathological examination was suggestive of central nervous system aspergillosis. The presence of imaging findings such as T2 hypointensity, irregular frond-like margins, and absence of choline peak may be the clues, which suggest a fungal etiology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6259295/ /pubmed/30598919 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_393_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Cerebral Aspergillosis Mimicking a Neoplasm in an Immunocompetent Patient
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title_full Cerebral Aspergillosis Mimicking a Neoplasm in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_fullStr Cerebral Aspergillosis Mimicking a Neoplasm in an Immunocompetent Patient
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title_short Cerebral Aspergillosis Mimicking a Neoplasm in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_sort cerebral aspergillosis mimicking a neoplasm in an immunocompetent patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6259295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598919
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_393_17
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