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==MRI== | ==MRI== | ||
*Contrast-enhanced [[MRI]] of the brain and [[spinal cord]] may help in ruling out other medical conditions that might have a similar presentation to cryptococcal meningitis. | |||
*[[MRI]] can detect meningeal enhancement, [[tumors]] and para-meningeal infections ([[brain abscess]]).<ref name=":0">Koroshetz WJ. Chapter 382. Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis. In: Longo DL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J, eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 18th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2012.</ref> | |||
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> | 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. | *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. | ||
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*Intracerebral nodules | *Intracerebral nodules | ||
*Pseudocysts | *Pseudocysts | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Common MRI findings in patients with cryptococcal meningitis include: Virchow-Robin dilatation, hydrocephalus, intracerebral nodules and pseudocysts.
MRI
- Contrast-enhanced MRI of the brain and spinal cord may help in ruling out other medical conditions that might have a similar presentation to cryptococcal meningitis.
- MRI can detect meningeal enhancement, tumors and para-meningeal infections (brain abscess).[1]
The common MRI findings in patients with cryptococcal meningitis include:[2]
- 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
- ↑ Koroshetz WJ. Chapter 382. Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis. In: Longo DL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J, eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 18th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2012.
- ↑ 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.