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Intra‐axial Posterior Fossa Cryptococcosis: MRI Findings
Author(s) -
Wong David C.
Publication year - 1998
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/jon199882108
Subject(s) - medicine , medulla , posterior fossa , peripheral , posterior cranial fossa , cryptococcosis , magnetic resonance imaging , cerebellum , anatomy , radiology , pathology
Two case reports of intra‐axial posterior fossa cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients are presented. Magnet ic resonance findings of solitary abscesses with mildly irregular peripheral enhancement within t he medulla, and irregular peripheral enhancement with a nodular component w ith in the right cerebellum are described.