Intracranial blastomycosis mimicking high-grade neoplasm on magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy

We describe a case of posterior fossa blastomycosis in an immunocompetent patient that mimicked high-grade neoplasm on neuroimaging. Histological analysis confirmed blastomycosis. Because the neuroimaging characteristics of intracerebral blastomycosis can be confused for neoplasm, these lesions must...

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Main Authors: Dhiraj Baruah, Saurabh Guleria, Michelle A. Michel, Sonia Gill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.110210