Diagnosis of cryptococcal encephalitis in a patient with mature B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia
- Authors: Gotman L.N.1, Yatsyk G.A.1, Vorob'ev V.I.1, Gotman LN2, Yatsyk GA2, Vorobyev VI2
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Affiliations:
- Hematology Research Center
- Issue: Vol 82, No 1 (2010)
- Pages: 56-58
- Section: Editorial
- URL: https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/view/33409
- ID: 33409
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Abstract
The paper gives a case of successful treatment for cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in the presence of agranulocytosis, the diagnosis of which is based on the detection of abnormal MR signal foci by magnetic resonance imaging and identification of the cryptococcal antigen - glucuronoxylomannan in spinal fluid.
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Lev Nikolaevich Gotman
Galina Aleksandrovna Yatsyk
Email: Ytsyk@rambler.ru
Vladimir Ivanovich Vorob'ev
Email: morela@mail.ru
L N Gotman
Hematology Research CenterHematology Research Center
G A Yatsyk
Hematology Research CenterHematology Research Center
V I Vorobyev
Hematology Research CenterHematology Research Center
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