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Invasive fungal disease of the central nervous system: Challenging diagnosis of a rare fungus by intraoperative squash cytology
Author(s) -
Chaurasia Jai Kumar,
Naik Bitan,
Tandon Ashwani,
Tadepalli Karuna,
Khurana Ujjawal,
Kapoor Neelkamal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12933
Subject(s) - squash , medicine , cytology , fungus , differential diagnosis , fungal disease , rare disease , disease , pathology , dermatology , biology , botany
This case report describes invasive fungal disease of CNS due to a rare hyalohyphomycotic fungus, diagnosed by intraoperative squash cytology and deals with diagnostic challenges involved in the differential diagnosis.