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CNS aspergillosis
CNS aspergillosis results from angioinvasive infection of the central nervous system by the fungus Aspergillus spp. Along with CNS cryptococcosis, it is one of the most common fungal opportunistic infections of the central nervous system.
Epidemiology
The disease predominates in immunocompromi...
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Leukemia (CNS manifestations)
Leukemia CNS manifestations can be divided into those related to the disease itself and those associated with its treatment. Leukaemias are hematologic malignancies in which there is a proliferation of hematopoietic cells at an undifferentiated or partially differentiated stage of maturation.
C...
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Central nervous system curriculum
The central nervous system curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core central nervous system knowledge.
Definition
Topics pertaining to the intracranial content (brain, pituitary, dura, intracranial vasculatures). There will be...
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Lesions of the corpus callosum
Lesions of the corpus callosum are uncommon and arise from multiple different etiologies. The lesions can be classified according to underlying pathophysiology 4-6.
Neoplasm
Typically, amongst neoplasms, only aggressive lesions can invade the corpus callosum as it is composed of very dense whi...
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Tuberculous rhombencephalitis
Tuberculous rhombencephalitis is a particular form of neurotuberculosis that affects primarily the hindbrain (brainstem and cerebellum) and usually is manifested as a tuberculoma.
Please refer to the article on rhombencephalitis for a general discussion of that entity.
Epidemiology
Studies ha...
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Intracranial mycotic aneurysm
Intracranial mycotic aneurysms, or intracranial infectious aneurysms, describe aneurysms arising from infection of the arterial wall of intracranial vessels.
See mycotic aneurysm for a general discussion on infectious aneurysms.
Epidemiology
The epidemiology of intracerebral mycotic aneurysms...
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Cavernous sinus syndrome
Cavernous sinus syndromes refer to constellations of clinical signs and symptoms referable to pathology within or adjacent to the cavernous sinus.
Clinical presentation
Patients present with multiple unilateral cranial neuropathies involving any combination of the following:
ophthalmoplegia (...
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Ground-glass density nodule
A ground-glass density nodule (GGN) is a circumscribed area of increased pulmonary attenuation with preservation of the bronchial and vascular margins.
A ground-glass density may be:
partly solid (part of the ground-glass opacity completely obscures the parenchyma)
non-solid (no completely ob...
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Neurocandidiasis
Neurocandidiasis results from disseminated infection of the central nervous system by the fungus Candida albicans, usually manifesting as cerebral microabscesses and meningitis.
Epidemiology
CNS disease is thought to occur in up to 52% of patients with disseminated candidiasis, but predominate...
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