A Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis Presenting as Multiple Cerebral Infarctions.
- Author:
Ji Man HONG
1
;
Hyun Sook KIM
;
Won Joo KIM
;
Kyung Yul LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kylee@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cryptococcal meningitis;
Cerebral infarction
- MeSH:
Basal Ganglia;
Central Nervous System;
Cerebral Infarction*;
Immunocompromised Host;
Meningitis;
Meningitis, Cryptococcal*;
Thalamus
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2004;22(4):382-385
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the common fungal infections of the central nervous system, usually developed in immunocompromised patients. Cerebral infarction has been reported as one of the late complications in cryptococcal meningitis. We report a case of cryptococcal meningitis, which initially presented with multiple cerebral infarctions of the bilateral basal ganglia and thalamus without the usual clinical signs of meningitis.
