Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis masquerading as a parafalcian mass: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 354-359

  Saberi, Hooshang ^a   Kashfi, Arash ^a   Hamidi, Saeed ^a   Tabatabai, Seyed Ali Fakhr ^a   Mansouri, Parvin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cerebral; Fonsecaea pedrosoi; Intracranial mass; Phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEIZURE;

EID: 0141625978     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00135-6     Document Type: Article

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