Meningoencephalitis following enucleation for cryptococcal endopthalmitis
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Neurology
- Vol. 4 (5) , 476-477
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.410040518
Abstract
A man developed meningoencephalitis 9 months after enucleation of his right eye for proved cryptococcal endophthalmiits secondary to a penetrating injury. The presumed portal of entry of Cryptococcus neoformans into the central nervous system was along the optic nerve subarachnoid sheath.Keywords
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