Literature DB >> 23705051

Neurocandidiasis: a case report and consideration of the causes of restricted diffusion.

David J Lin1, Ari Sacks, Jeanne Shen, Thomas C Lee.   

Abstract

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging has risen to the forefront of imaging for acute stroke. However, the differential diagnosis of restricted diffusion is wide and includes ischemia, metabolic derangements, infections, and highly-cellular masses. We present a case of central nervous system (CNS) candidiasis presenting radiographically as bilateral punctate areas of restricted magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion in the basal ganglia. This case illustrates the value of carefully considering the causes of restricted diffusion in the brain, notably to be broader than acute stroke and to include invasive fungal infections.

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Keywords:  Basal Ganglia; Central Nervous System Candida; Diffusion Weighted Imaging; Neurocandidiasis; Restricted Diffusion

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Year:  2013        PMID： 23705051      PMCID： PMC3661417          DOI： 10.3941/jrcr.v7i5.1319

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Radiol Case Rep        ISSN： 1943-0922


  8 in total

Review 1.  The central nervous system and infection by Candida species.

Authors:  J Sánchez-Portocarrero; E Pérez-Cecilia; O Corral; J Romero-Vivas; J J Picazo
Journal:  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  2000-07       Impact factor: 2.803

Review 2.  Differential diagnosis of restricted diffusion confined to the cerebral cortex.

Authors:  F Sheerin; P M Pretorius; D Briley; T Meagher
Journal:  Clin Radiol       Date:  2008-08-09       Impact factor: 2.350

Review 3.  Differential diagnosis for bilateral abnormalities of the basal ganglia and thalamus.

Authors:  Amogh N Hegde; Suyash Mohan; Narayan Lath; C C Tchoyoson Lim
Journal:  Radiographics       Date:  2011 Jan-Feb       Impact factor: 5.333

4.  Diffusion-weighted imaging of fungal cerebral infection.

Authors:  Paola Gaviani; Richard B Schwartz; E Tessa Hedley-Whyte; Keith L Ligon; Ari Robicsek; Pamela Schaefer; John W Henson
Journal:  AJNR Am J Neuroradiol       Date:  2005-05       Impact factor: 3.825

Review 5.  Neuroimaging of infections.

Authors:  Oliver Kastrup; Isabel Wanke; Matthias Maschke
Journal:  NeuroRx       Date:  2005-04

Review 6.  Imaging tutorial: differential diagnosis of bright lesions on diffusion-weighted MR images.

Authors:  Tadeusz W Stadnik; Philippe Demaerel; Robert R Luypaert; Christo Chaskis; Katrijn L Van Rompaey; Alex Michotte; Michel J Osteaux
Journal:  Radiographics       Date:  2003 Jan-Feb       Impact factor: 5.333

7.  Fungal versus bacterial brain abscesses: is diffusion-weighted MR imaging a useful tool in the differential diagnosis?

Authors:  Christina Mueller-Mang; Mauricio Castillo; Thomas G Mang; Fabiola Cartes-Zumelzu; Michael Weber; Majda M Thurnher
Journal:  Neuroradiology       Date:  2007-06-27       Impact factor: 2.804

Review 8.  Multiple microabscesses in the central nervous system: a clinicopathologic study.

Authors:  W W Pendlebury; D P Perl; D G Munoz
Journal:  J Neuropathol Exp Neurol       Date:  1989-05       Impact factor: 3.685
  8 in total

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