An autopsy case of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis with AIDS: Correspondence between MRI and pathological findings of basal ganglia and cerebellum

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 623-627

  Umemura, Toshitaka ^a   Hirayama, Mikio ^a   Niimi, Yoshiki ^a   Matsui, Katsuji ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b,c  

^a Kasugai City Hospital   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIDS; Basal ganglia; Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis; MRI; Virchow Robin space

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; GAIT DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEPSIS;

AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 34347356643     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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