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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==MRI== | ==MRI== | ||
The common MRI findings in patients with cryptococcal meningitis include:<ref name="pmid28247152">{{cite journal| author=Zhong Y, Zhou Z, Fang X, Peng F, Zhang W| title=Magnetic resonance imaging study of cryptococcal neuroradiological lesions in HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis. | journal=Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 2017 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=28247152 | doi=10.1007/s10096-017-2941-8 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28247152 }} </ref> | |||
*Virchow-Robin dilatation : Virchow Robin spaces are CSF spaces that accompany blood vessels as they perforate the brain substance, dilation of these spaces suggest microangiopathy. | |||
*Hydrocephalus | |||
*Intracerebral nodules | |||
*Pseudocysts | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
MRI
The common MRI findings in patients with cryptococcal meningitis include:[1]
- Virchow-Robin dilatation : Virchow Robin spaces are CSF spaces that accompany blood vessels as they perforate the brain substance, dilation of these spaces suggest microangiopathy.
- Hydrocephalus
- Intracerebral nodules
- Pseudocysts
References
- ↑ Zhong Y, Zhou Z, Fang X, Peng F, Zhang W (2017). "Magnetic resonance imaging study of cryptococcal neuroradiological lesions in HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis". Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. doi:10.1007/s10096-017-2941-8. PMID 28247152.