Unusual pattern of enhancement in cryptococcal meningitis: in vivo findings with postmortem correlation.
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Arnder, L; Castillo, M; Heinz, ER; Scatliff, JH; Enterline, D
Published in: J Comput Assist Tomogr
1996
Leptomeningeal enhancement on CT and MR imaging studies secondary to cryptococcal meningitis is an uncommon finding. In immunocompromised patients, this meningitis incites only a mild inflammatory reaction and abnormalities are often absent on imaging studies. We recently encountered two patients with cryptococcal meningitis in whom postcontrast MR imaging showed thick enhancing subarachnoid spaces. Both had cryptococcal meningitis at autopsy. In a different patient with cryptococcal meningitis, postmortem MR imaging and pathologic examinations showed that these areas of enhancement correspond to abundant mucoid material secreted by the yeasts.
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J Comput Assist Tomogr
DOI
ISSN
0363-8715
Publication Date
1996
Volume
20
Issue
6
Start / End Page
1023 / 1026
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Meningitis, Cryptococcal
- Meninges
- Male
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Humans
- HIV-1
- Female
- Fatal Outcome
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Arnder, L., Castillo, M., Heinz, E. R., Scatliff, J. H., & Enterline, D. (1996). Unusual pattern of enhancement in cryptococcal meningitis: in vivo findings with postmortem correlation. J Comput Assist Tomogr, 20(6), 1023–1026. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-199611000-00031
Arnder, L., M. Castillo, E. R. Heinz, J. H. Scatliff, and D. Enterline. “Unusual pattern of enhancement in cryptococcal meningitis: in vivo findings with postmortem correlation.” J Comput Assist Tomogr 20, no. 6 (1996): 1023–26. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-199611000-00031.
Arnder L, Castillo M, Heinz ER, Scatliff JH, Enterline D. Unusual pattern of enhancement in cryptococcal meningitis: in vivo findings with postmortem correlation. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1996;20(6):1023–6.
Arnder, L., et al. “Unusual pattern of enhancement in cryptococcal meningitis: in vivo findings with postmortem correlation.” J Comput Assist Tomogr, vol. 20, no. 6, 1996, pp. 1023–26. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00004728-199611000-00031.
Arnder L, Castillo M, Heinz ER, Scatliff JH, Enterline D. Unusual pattern of enhancement in cryptococcal meningitis: in vivo findings with postmortem correlation. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1996;20(6):1023–1026.
Published In
J Comput Assist Tomogr
DOI
ISSN
0363-8715
Publication Date
1996
Volume
20
Issue
6
Start / End Page
1023 / 1026
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Meningitis, Cryptococcal
- Meninges
- Male
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Humans
- HIV-1
- Female
- Fatal Outcome