Cryptococcoma mimicking a brain tumor in an immunocompetent patient: A case and illustrative report
Cryptococcosis usually presents in immunocompromised patients, especially HIV infection, Immunocompetent patients may occasionally present with cerebral cryptococomas, which may be difficult to distinguish from other lesions like primary tumors or metastasis. We present one case that represents this...
Main Authors: | Carlos Fernando Nicolas-Cruz, Michael Ariza-Varon, Michel Gustavo Mondragón-Soto, Ariadna Suarez-Venegas, Rodolfo Villalobos-Diaz, Ricardo Marian-Magaña, Sergio Moreno-Jiménez, José Luis Soto-Hernández |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-03-01
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Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221475192200202X |
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