Title |
Cerebellar cryptococcosis characterized by a space-occupying lesion in an immunocompetent non-HIV patient
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Published in |
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, December 2014
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DOI | 10.2147/ndt.s75432 |
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Authors |
Bi-Xia Liu, Xi-Jian Dai, Heng Liu, Hong-Han Gong, Yi-Xiang J Wang, Lun-Li Zhang |
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. |
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