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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2016; 11(04): 456-457
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.175644
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Resolution of aspergillosis in neuroimaging of an immunocompromised patient with pulmonary and cerebral lesions

Mohsen Meidani
Acquired Immunodeficiency Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
,
Atousa Hakamifard
1   Nosocomial Infection Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
,
Amir Sarrami
2   Department of Radiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
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Central nervous system (CNS) aspergillosis is uncommon and considered the most lethal form of aspergillosis. Indeed, current therapeutic strategies such as combination antifungal regimen, neurosurgical resection of infected tissue, and removal of infection source fail to improve the unsatisfactory prognosis of CNS aspergillosis in the majority of the patients. The authors describe a case of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with concomitant CNS lesions that dramatically responded to antifungal therapy and the CNS lesions resolved in follow-up imaging.

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Aspergillosis - Aspergillus - central nervous system - voriconazole


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