Cerebellar cryptococcoma in a non-HIV patient
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Cerebellar cryptococcoma in a non-HIV patient.
A 26-year-old female, immunocompetent, with dysmetria and dysarthria. Diagnostic imaging (Fig 1) demonstrated a cerebellar mass, with a pattern which may be associated to a tumor, although multiple hypointense centers surrounded by ring enhancement after gadolinium may suggest the possibility of many types of infectious lesions, including cryptococcoma. Histological analysis (Fig 2) confirmed t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2011000600030