Intraventricular cryptococcal cysts masquerading as racemose neurocysticercosis

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 647-649

  Mathews, Marlon ^a   Paré, Laura ^a   Hasso, Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cryptococcal cysts; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAVENTRICULAR CRYPTOCOCCAL CYST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34248350367     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.049     Document Type: Article

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