Abstract
Fungal infections of the CNS are becoming an increasingly serious problem in immunosuppressed patients. We describe three patients with malignant blood disease who in the course of systemic fungal infection presented cerebral involvement. The nature, site and extent of the cerebral involvement were defined by computed tomography (CT). Further, in one patient it was possible to follow the course of the lesion and assess the effectiveness of antimycotic therapy by CT because of its noninvasiveness and repeatability.
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Le micosi profonde rappresentano un problema di sempre maggior rilievo nei pazienti immunosoppressi.
Descriviamo tre pazienti affetti da emopatie maligne che in corso di infezione micotica sistemica hanno presentato interessamento cerebrale. La natura, la sede e l'estensione delle localizzazioni cerebrali sono state definite grazie alla TAC. In un paziente inoltre, è stato possibile seguire l'evoluzione della lesione e valutare l'efficacia del trattamento antifungino per la ripetibilità e la non invasività di questa metodica.
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Radaelli, F., Colombi, M., Cristoforetti, G. et al. Value of CT scanning in the diagnosis of CNS mycotic involvement: Report of 3 cases. Ital J Neuro Sci 5, 451–455 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042631
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