Cerebellar Botryomycosis: Case Report
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
; : 2523-2528, 1996.
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ABSTRACT
A 60 year old male patient with a medical history of pulmonary tuberculosis presented with severe headaches and general weakness. Radiological studies revealed mass lesions both in the right using and the right cerebellar hemisphere. Clinically metastatic brain tumor and tuberculoma were highly suspected. The cerebella mass was totally excised and an unusual pathologic result was reported as botryomycosis. According to literatures reviewed, botryomycosis is a chronic bacterial infectious lesion resembling actinomycosis and mycotic abscess and it has been frequently reported in the skin, subcutaneous lesions and other visceral organs, but the cases of brain involvement were extremely rare. This article is a case report of a cerebellar botryomycosis. The pathologic characteristics and the differential diagnosis of botryomycosis are discussed.
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Main subject:
Skin
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Tuberculoma
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Brain
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Brain Neoplasms
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Actinomycosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Abscess
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Headache
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
Year:
1996
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Article