[Fungal mycotic aneurysms and multiple cerebral abscesses caused by Scedosporium apiospermum. Apropos of a case with review of the literature]

J C Baudrillard; P Rousseaux; J M Lerais; O Toubas; B Scherpereel; M Gari; P Comte

[Fungal mycotic aneurysms and multiple cerebral abscesses caused by Scedosporium apiospermum. Apropos of a case with review of the literature]

J Radiol. 1985 Apr;66(4):321-6.

[Article in French]

Authors

J C Baudrillard, P Rousseaux, J M Lerais, O Toubas, B Scherpereel, M Gari, P Comte

PMID: 3839532

Abstract

The authors report a case of intracranial fungal aneurysm and brain abscesses. The compromised host was a young drowned woman. Scedosporium Apiospermum was isolated in fungal culture from abscess. Radiological and clinical pictures are typical of the hyphal form.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology*
Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Brain Abscess / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / microbiology
Mitosporic Fungi*
Mycoses / diagnosis*
Mycoses / microbiology
Mycoses / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed