Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Focal Cerobellar Iesion

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 11(2); 1993 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1993;11(2): 241-247.

국소 소뇌염을 동반한 크립토코쿠스 수막노염 1례

노순기, 이상익,박규현,김상욱

부산대학교 신경과.

Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Focal Cerobellar Iesion

Soon-Ki Rho, M.D., Sang-Ik Lee, M.D., Kyu-Hyun Park, M.D., Sang-Woo Kim, M.D.

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine Pusan National University

Abstract

Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis is one of the most cornInon fungal infections of the central nervous system, which mainly affects immunocompromised hosts, especially AIDS patients and patients with long-term steroid therapy. In advanced cases, it causes various complications such as encephailitis, hydrocephalus, and even death if not treated or inadequately treated. Authors have treated a case of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis with focal cerebellar lesion, whose primary infection sources were thought to be right frontal sinus and the ethmoidal sinus, with combination chemotherapy of amphotericine B and flucytosine.