Unusual presentation of central nervous system cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient

Gaurav Saigal; M Judith Donovan Post; Sudha Lolayekar; Amir Murtaza

Unusual presentation of central nervous system cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 Nov-Dec;26(10):2522-6.

Authors

Gaurav Saigal¹, M Judith Donovan Post, Sudha Lolayekar, Amir Murtaza

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.

PMID: 16286394
PMCID: PMC7976184

Abstract

The imaging findings of cryptococcosis affecting the brain in immunocompetent patients can be different from the more commonly described findings in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of an extremely unusual MR appearance of central nervous system cryptococcosis in a 49-year-old immunocompetent man.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Central Nervous System Infections / diagnosis*
Central Nervous System Infections / microbiology
Cryptococcosis / diagnosis*
Cryptococcosis / microbiology
Cryptococcus neoformans
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Immunocompetence*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Spinal Puncture
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon