Spinal cryptoccoma mimicking a spinal cord tumor complicated by cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent patient

Neurol India. 2018 Jul-Aug;66(4):1181-1183. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.237012.

Authors

Lai Carol¹, Mei-Ling Sharon Tai², S M Yusoff³, N Rose⁴, M H Rafia¹, S Viswanathan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Jalan Universiti, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Department of Pathology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PMID: 30038119
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.237012

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Cryptococcosis / complications*
Cryptococcosis / diagnosis*
Cryptococcosis / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / etiology*
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / mortality
Spinal Cord Diseases / complications*
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Diseases / surgery
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
Young Adult