Invasive Cryptococcal Meningitis Presenting as a Skull Base Mass in An Immunocompetent Host: A Case Report

Abstract Introduction Encephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans has been seen almost exclusively in patients with severe compromise of their immune systems, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Fungal sinusitis with frank invasion through the cranial base and subsequent...

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Main Authors: Joshua Prickett, Juan Altafulla, Anna Knisely, Zachary Litvack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1687886