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Successful Medical Treatment of a Spinal Histoplasmoma
Author(s) -
Kelly David R.,
Smith Charles D.,
McQuillen Michael P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon199444237
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , amphotericin b , lesion , intramedullary rod , histoplasmosis , spinal cord , surgery , radiology , antifungal , dermatology , psychiatry
A woman with previously treated disseminated histoplasmosis was admitted with progressive paraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed multifocal cerebritis and spinal histoplasmoma. She recovered following a second treatment with amphotericin B. This is the fourth reported patient with intramedullary spinal histoplasmoma, and the first demonstrating successful treatment of the lesion with medical therapy alone.
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