TITLE:
Intracranial Cryptococcal Infection in HIV Positive Patient
AUTHORS:
Nabil Moatassim Billah, Touria Amil, Souad Chaouir
KEYWORDS:
Cryptococcus; HIV; CT; MRI
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics,
Vol.4 No.1,
February
28,
2014
ABSTRACT: Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common fungal infection of the CNS. The majority of patients with cryptococcosis have preexisting immunodeficiency such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). CT and/or MRI of the brain only occasionally detects abnormalities specifically related to this infection. We report a case of MR appearance of central nervous system cryptococcosis in a 33-year-old HIV positive man.