A case of immunocompetent intracranial cryptococcoma in which intraoperative rapid pathological diagnosis and polymerase chain reaction led to early treatment: What to know to avoid misdiagnosis as brain tumor
This pathology can be difficult to distinguish from a brain tumor, so early pathological diagnosis, including rapid pathology with IHC and PCR, may be crucial.
Authors
- Akira Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-2937)
- Masayuki Ochi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1120-3132)
- Yasumasa Ohyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-3368)
- Riko Kitazawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2050-1270)
- Seiji Shigekawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2884-1201)
- Sayaka Matsumoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-0744)
- Takeharu Kunieda
- Akihiro Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7438-2369)
- Masahiro Nishikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1302-7646)
- Koichiro Suemori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9154-0162)
- Mashio Taniwaki
- Hideaki Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4769-8859)
- Saho Fujishita
Institutions
- Chiba University Hospital (JP)
- Ehime University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Neurology International
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25259/sni_614_2024
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39