Tree-in-bud appearance in the brain: Fungal granuloma on contrast magnetic resonance imaging

We describe a case of dural-based homogenously enhancing fungal granuloma in a 29-year-old male who presented with 3 months history of headache. The peculiarity of the case was that there were streaky areas of enhancement around the lesion in the brain parenchyma which resembled tree-in-bud like appearance. The patient underwent surgery and histopathological analysis revealed numerous Aspergillus hyphae. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of a fungal granuloma with atypical parenchymal enhancement pattern.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Tree-in-bud appearance in the brain: Fungal granuloma on contrast magnetic resonance imaging ; volume:12 ; number:04 ; year:2017 ; pages:741-742 ; Asian journal of neurosurgery ; 12, Heft 04 (2017), 741-742

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Kumaran, Sunitha ; Abdul Aziz, Zarina ; Viswamitra, Sanjaya ; Narayanam, Sai ; Ghosal, Nandita

Further information

• DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_89_14
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022112412335454098104
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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