Deep solitary brain mass in a four-month-old male with disseminated coccidioidomycosis: case report

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Sep:1111:385-94. doi: 10.1196/annals.1406.006. Epub 2007 Mar 7.

Abstract

Parenchymal brain involvement from disseminated coccidioidomycosis occurs rarely and there are few documented pediatric cases. We report a four-month-old male infant with a cerebellar lesion seen in the brain on computed tomography (CT). Coccidioides immitis (C. immitis) grew on bronchoscopic fluid samples and serum titers to C. immitis were 1:1024. Antifungal treatment was initiated and after 3 months, CT scans demonstrated brain mass resolution and serum titers were decreased.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain / microbiology*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Coccidioides / metabolism
  • Coccidioidomycosis / diagnosis*
  • Coccidioidomycosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Edema
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Fungal / diagnosis
  • Meningitis, Fungal / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents