Disseminated miliary cerebral candidiasis.

نویسندگان

  • P H Lai
  • S M Lin
  • H B Pan
  • C F Yang
چکیده

We present a case of disseminated intracranial infection by Candida albicans in a 5-year-old girl who had fever and a change of consciousness after surgery for complex congenital heart malformation. MR imaging revealed multiple small ring-enhancing hemorrhagic abscesses. One year after antifungal treatment, the abscesses and ventriculomegaly were almost completely resolved. The patient was discharged in a stable but vegetative condition.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 18 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1997