Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Focal Cerobellar Iesion.
- Author:
Soon Ki RHO
1
;
Sang Ik LEE
;
Kyu Hyun PARK
;
Sang Woo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Amphotericin B;
Central Nervous System;
Drug Therapy, Combination;
Flucytosine;
Frontal Sinus;
Humans;
Hydrocephalus;
Immunocompromised Host;
Meningoencephalitis*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1993;11(2):241-247
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis is one of the most cornInon fungal infections of the central nervous system, which mainly affects immunocompromised hosts, especially AIDS patients and patients with long-term steroid therapy. In advanced cases, it causes various complications such as encephailitis, hydrocephalus, and even death if not treated or inadequately treated. Authors have treated a case of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis with focal cerebellar lesion, whose primary infection sources were thought to be right frontal sinus and the ethmoidal sinus, with combination chemotherapy of amphotericine B and flucytosine.
