Invasive fungal disease of the central nervous system: Challenging diagnosis of a rare fungus by intraoperative squash cytology

Cytopathology. 2021 May;32(3):353-355. doi: 10.1111/cyt.12933. Epub 2020 Nov 30.

Authors

Jai Kumar Chaurasia¹, Bitan Naik¹, Ashwani Tandon¹, Karuna Tadepalli², Ujjawal Khurana¹, Neelkamal Kapoor¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, India.
² Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, India.

PMID: 33107652
DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12933

No abstract available

Keywords: fungal; hyalohyphomycotic; invasive; squash.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Central Nervous System / microbiology*
Cytodiagnosis / methods
Cytological Techniques / methods
Fungi / pathogenicity
Humans
Male
Mycoses / diagnosis*
Mycoses / microbiology
Mycoses / pathology*