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British Journal of Radiology 74 (2001),83-85 © 2001 The British Institute of Radiology

Case report

Cerebral cryptococcosis: atypical appearances on CT

M Awasthi, MBBS1, T Patankar, MD1, P Shah, MD1 and M Castillo, MD2

1 Department of Radiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Bombay, India
2 Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510, USA

Cryptococccal infection is common in immunocompromised patients, often presenting with meningitis or meningoencephalitis. We report an unusual presentation of cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient presenting with headache and hemiplegia. CT demonstrated a large ring-enhancing lesion in the parietal region with intralesional calcification.






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