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Cryptococcal infection of the temporal bone |
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| Authors: | J B Cash N L Goodman |
| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
| Abstract: | Cryptococcus neoformans is a yeast-like organism which, after inhalation, may cause pulmonary disease or a systemic fungemia associated with numerous extrapulmonary sites of infection, but most notably affecting the central nervous system. Despite this frequent involvement of the leptomeninges, only three cases of infection of the temporal bones have been previously described. We describe an additional case with comments on the possible significance of infection of this site. |
| Keywords: | Address reprint requests to: Norman Goodman PhD. Department of Pathology University of Kentucky Medical Center 800 Rose Street Lexington KY 40536. |
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