Persistence of cryptococcomas on neuroimaging

Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Nov;31(5):1303-6. doi: 10.1086/317434.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Diseases / microbiology
  • Brain Diseases / pathology*
  • Cryptococcus neoformans*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal / microbiology
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed