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Surgical excision of cyptococcoma is recommended if the lesions are larger than 3cm or accessible lesions with mass effect or compression of vital structures or failure to reduce the size of the cryptococcoma after 4 weeks of therapy. | Surgical excision of [[cyptococcoma]] is recommended if the lesions are larger than 3cm or accessible lesions with mass effect or compression of vital structures or failure to reduce the size of the cryptococcoma after 4 weeks of therapy. | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
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Overview
Surgical excision of cyptococcoma is recommended if the lesions are larger than 3cm or accessible lesions with mass effect or compression of vital structures or failure to reduce the size of the cryptococcoma after 4 weeks of therapy.
Surgery
Surgical excision of cyptococcoma is recommended if any of the following is present:[1]
- Lesions are larger than 3cm
- Accessible lesions with mass effect
- Compression of vital structures
- Failure of the reduction in size of cryptococcoma after 4 weeks of therapy.
References
- ↑ Li Q, You C, Liu Q, Liu Y (2010). "Central nervous system cryptococcoma in immunocompetent patients: a short review illustrated by a new case". Acta Neurochir (Wien). 152 (1): 129–36. doi:10.1007/s00701-009-0311-8. PMID 19404577.