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Although being a rare occurrence, brain cryptococcoma may represent an emerging issue, because of its relationship with a broadening range of risk factors, including malignancies, neutropenia, end-organ failure, bone marrow and solid-organ transplantation, and multiple underlying causes of primary—secondary immunodeficiency. A cerebral cryptococcoma in a chronic nephropathic HIV-negative subject with homocystinuria, completely cured with neurosurgery and voriconazole after fluconazole failure, is described.
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Sabbatani, S., Manfredi, R., Pavoni, M. et al. Voriconazole Proves Effective in Long-Term Treatment of a Cerebral Cryptococcoma in a Chronic Nephropathic HIV-Negative Patient, after Fluconazole Failure. Mycopathologia 158, 165–171 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MYCO.0000041904.71381.e3
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