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Persistence of Cryptococcomas on Neuroimaging

Author(s) -

Duane R. Hospenthal,

John E. Bennett

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/317434

Subject(s) - neuroimaging , medicine , persistence (discontinuity) , magnetic resonance imaging , cryptococcal meningitis , cryptococcosis , antifungal , meningitis , computed tomography , radiology , pathology , dermatology , surgery , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , psychiatry , geotechnical engineering , engineering

Three previously normal patients with cryptococcal meningitis had intracranial lesions on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging that persisted for >5 years after successful cure with antifungal drugs. Persistence of lesions on neuroimaging should not be misinterpreted as evidence of active cryptococcosis.

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