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Granulomatous Diseases of the Central Nervous System

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Granulomatous diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are characterized by hyperplasia and chronic inflammation. The granulomas result from biological pathogens, including bacteria, Treponema pallidum, fungi, and parasites, among others. This section mainly introduces the pathology, clinical, and imaging manifestations of infectious granulomas of the CNS. Pathogen-free granulomatous diseases (PFGD) of CNS are the group of diseases with various clinical and pathological manifestations. The difficulty in diagnosis is the failure to identify pathogenic organisms.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

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    Hongjun Li

  3. Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Wang, M., Ding, Z. (2019). Granulomatous Diseases of the Central Nervous System. In: Gao, B., Li, H., Law, M. (eds) Imaging of CNS Infections and Neuroimmunology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6904-9_16

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