Cerebral Cryptococcoma ; Abscess Form in Non-aids Patient A case report and review literatures
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Cryptococcoma, abscess form in the brain has been infrequently found. I describe a man with dementia and seizure, multinodular cystic mass lesion in CAT Brain scan proven to be cryptococoma by culture and histopathological finding.
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