| Literature DB >> 15615249 |
Valérie Zeller1, Olivier Lortholary.
Abstract
THE FUNGI INCRIMINATED: Cerebral vascular lesions are frequently observed in the rhino-cerebral localisations of aspergillosis and mucormycosis, and during cerebral coccidioidomycosis, but far more rarely in neuro-meningeal cryptococcosis and histoplasmosis. Other fungi are occasionally at the origin of vasculitis. THE CONTEXT: Diagnosis is difficult to establish. It should be evoked in immunodepressed patients presenting with clinical and radiological manifestations of cerebral vasculitis. AS FAR AS TREATMENT IS CONCERNED: Treatment relies on antifungal therapy. Steroids and/or anticoagulants can be envisaged in some patients.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15615249 DOI: 10.1016/s0755-4982(04)98937-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Presse Med ISSN: 0755-4982 Impact factor: 1.228