An unusual infection, an unusual outcome--Fonsecaea pedrosoi cerebral granuloma |
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Authors: | Madhugiri Venkatesh S Bhagavatula Indira Devi Mahadevan Anita Siddaiah Nagarathna |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India. |
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Abstract: | Phaeohyphomycosis is caused by pigmented fungi that are not normally pathogenic. Fonsecaea is a rare cause of cerebral infections, most of which are caused by F. monophora. Brain infections caused by F. pedrosoi are very rare, and there are only a few case reports describing this. Most infections take the form of abscesses (epidural or intracerebral). The authors report a rare case of a contained fungal granuloma caused by F. pedrosoi. The patient presented with epilepsy, which was treated as a case of extratemporal lesion-related epilepsy. The diagnosis was made after resection. The authors describe the clinical course of this patient. |
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