Extradural cryptococcoma at the sacral spine without bone involvement in an immunocompetent patient

Cerebral cryptococcoma successfully treated by isavuconazole in an immunocompetent patient: A case report

“… [7] , we performed a systematic review on case reports of CNS cryptococcoma since 2009 on PubMed. Twenty-eight reports on 29 cases were found [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] . The mean age of diagnosis was 43.62 years, with 19 males and 10 females.…”

“…Finally, follow-up of cases ranged from 83 days to 4 years, and death occurred in 9 reports, mainly due to secondary infection. Nine cases had a complete resolution of symptoms, 4 had residual neurological symptoms, and recurrence was seen in 2 cases [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] .…”

Case Report: A Case of Severe Cryptococcal Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Presenting with Brain and Intradural Abscesses in an HIV Patient

“…18,19 Spinal cases range from epidural involvement to intramedullary abscess. [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] To our knowledge, only one case of spinalcerebral infection due to C. neoformans, which was in an HIVnegative, immunocompetent patient, has been reported. 33 Ours is the first known case of C-IRIS with these widespread and specific manifestations.…”