Mediastinal cryptococcoma

Mediastinal cryptococcoma.

Cerebellar cryptococcoma simulating metastatic neoplasm.

MD, Neurosurgeon, Divisão de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Santa Teresa, Petrópolis RJ, Brazil; MD, Neurosurgeon, Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Público Municipal de Macaé, Macaé RJ, Brazil; MD, Neurosurgery Resident, Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil; MD, Pathologist, Hospital da Beneficência Portuguesa de Campos dos Goytacazes, Campos dos Goyta...

CT of multiple intracranial cryptococcoma.

Intramedullary spinal cryptococcoma: a case report.

Intramedullary spinal cryptococcosis is very rare. We describe a case of intramedullary spinal cryptococcoma at the T12 level in a 60-year-old man who presented with a 3-month history of progressive bilateral lower limb weakness and no obvious immunocompromise. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a 1.2 cm diameter mass within the spinal cord at T12 with intermediate signal intensity on T1-...

MRI findings of intramedullary spinal cryptococcoma.

Cryptococcus neoformans is a yeast that most commonly infects the central nervous system. Meningitis and meningoencephalitis are the most common presentations of cryptococcosis. Cryptococcoma, however, is a rare entity characterized by localized, solid, tumor-like masses that are usually found in the cerebral hemispheres or cerebellum, but are extremely rare in the spinal cord. We report a case...