Cryptococcoma of the brain in an immunocompetent man.
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2013-07
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Cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic systemic disease
in immunocompromised patients. Pulmonary or brain
cryptococcosis is the most common clinical presentation.
Immunocompetent patients can also be affected, especially in
tropical and subtropical zones where the life cycle of the causal
agent, Cryptococcus gattii, is completed.
We present a previously healthy man with progressive
intracranial hypertension and a right paraventricular mass on
CT scan and MRI. Cryptococcus gattii yeasts were isolated
from the cerebrospinal fluid. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was
placed and the patient was treated with amphotericin B,
fluconazole and dexamethasone. The patient died due to
severe intracranial hypertension.
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UGALDE HERNANDEZ Y, MONZON J F, DELGADO-HERNANDEZ R, SOTO-HERNANDEZ J L, CARDENAS G. Cryptococcoma of the brain in an immunocompetent man. National Medical Journal of India. 2013 Jul-Aug ; 26 (4): 216-217.