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Central nervous system infection: imaging findings suggestive of a fungus as the cause.
- Source :
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Radiologia Brasileira . May/Jun2021, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p198-203. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are rare. However, because of the increase in the number of immunocompromised individuals, they have been gaining prominence in the differential diagnosis of CNS infections. Imaging techniques are sensitive for detecting and localizing an abnormality, in many cases allowing the origin of a lesion to be categorized as infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, or vascular. This essay illustrates the magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography findings of the most common fungal infections of the CNS, based on the experience of the Radiology Department of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, in the city of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01003984
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Radiologia Brasileira
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150503541
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2020.0093