1. Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis.
- Author
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Palaoglu S, Sav A, Basak T, Yalcinlar Y, and Scheithauer BW
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Biopsy, Brain Abscess surgery, Cerebral Arteries pathology, Cerebral Arteries surgery, Combined Modality Therapy, Craniotomy, Dura Mater pathology, Dura Mater surgery, Fatal Outcome, Female, Flucytosine therapeutic use, Frontal Lobe pathology, Frontal Lobe surgery, Humans, Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis pathology, Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis surgery, Meningitis, Fungal surgery, Mycoses surgery, Parietal Lobe pathology, Parietal Lobe surgery, Brain Abscess pathology, Cladosporium ultrastructure, Meningitis, Fungal pathology, Mycoses pathology
- Abstract
A 14-year-old girl with a rare form of fungal brain abscess involving the dura and brain parenchyma is reported. No portal of entry of the infection was found. Histological findings and fungal culture both indicated that the causative agent was Xylohypha bantiana, an uncommon dematiaceous fungus. A review of the literature suggests that this infection, which affects primarily young male patients, exhibits distinct neurotropism. Despite therapy, the prognosis is generally poor.
- Published
- 1993
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