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Common MRI findings in patients with cryptococcal meningitis include: Virchow-Robin dilatation, hydrocephalus, intracerebral nodules and pseudocysts. | Common MRI findings in patients with cryptococcal meningitis include: Virchow-Robin dilatation, hydrocephalus, intracerebral nodules and pseudocysts. | ||
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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.