Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cerebral Aspergillosis: Imaging and Pathological Correlations. Marzolf, G., Sabou, M., Lannes, B., Cotton, F., Meyronet, D., Galanaud, D., Cottier, J., Grand, S., Desal, H., Kreutz, J., Schenck, M., Meyer, N., Schneider, F., Dietemann, J., Koob, M., Herbrecht, R., & Kremer, S. PloS One, 11(4):e0152475, 2016.
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Cerebral aspergillosis is associated with a significant morbidity and mortality rate. The imaging data present different patterns and no full consensus exists on typical imaging characteristics of the cerebral lesions. We reviewed MRI findings in 21 patients with cerebral aspergillosis and correlated them to the immune status of the patients and to neuropathological findings when tissue was available. The lesions were characterized by their number, topography, and MRI signal. Dissemination to the brain resulted from direct spread from paranasal sinuses in 8 patients, 6 of them being immunocompetent. Hematogenous dissemination was observed in 13 patients, all were immunosuppressed. In this later group we identified a total of 329 parenchymal abscesses involving the whole brain with a predilection for the corticomedullary junction. More than half the patients had a corpus callosum lesion. Hemorrhagic lesions accounted for 13% and contrast enhancement was observed in 61% of the lesions. Patients with hematogenous dissemination were younger (p = 0.003), had more intracranial lesions (p = 0.0004) and had a higher 12-week mortality rate (p = 0.046) than patients with direct spread from paranasal sinuses. Analysis of 12 aneurysms allowed us to highlight two distinct situations. In case of direct spread from the paranasal sinuses, aneurysms are saccular and located on the proximal artery portions, while the hematogenous dissemination in immunocompromised patients is more frequently associated with distal and fusiform aneurysms. MRI is the exam of choice for cerebral aspergillosis. Number and type of lesions are different according to the mode of dissemination of the infection.
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 author = {Marzolf, Guillaume and Sabou, Marcela and Lannes, Béatrice and Cotton, François and Meyronet, David and Galanaud, Damien and Cottier, Jean-Philippe and Grand, Sylvie and Desal, Hubert and Kreutz, Julie and Schenck, Maleka and Meyer, Nicolas and Schneider, Francis and Dietemann, Jean-Louis and Koob, Meriam and Herbrecht, Raoul and Kremer, Stéphane},
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