Review Article
Intracranial Aspergillus Granuloma
Table 1
Intracranial Aspergillus granulomas.
| | Kak et al. 1989 [14] |
Camarata et al. 1992 [15] |
Naim-Ur-Rahman et al. 1996 [16] | Murthy et al. 2001 [7] | Alrajhi et al. 2001 [6] | Siddiqui et al. 2004 [8] | Sundaram et al. 2006 [2] |
| Number | 62 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 35 | 130 | Age in years | 12–48 | | 26–66 | 19–65 | 9–. 61 | 14–74 | 5–75 | M: F | NA | NA | 1 : 08 | 10 : 06 | 14 : 09 | 23 : 02 | 1.8 : 1 | Predisposing Factors | Nil | Nil | Nil | DM-2 | DM-4 | Nil | Nil | Route of spread | Sino-orbital 10 Hematogenous 52 | Sinocranial 9 Hematogenous 4 | Sinocranial 9 | Sinocranial 16 | Sinocranial 9 | Sinonasal 35 | Sinocranial 103 Hematogenous 20 Others 7 | Pathology | Granulomas 28 Disseminated 34 | Granulomas 12 Disseminated 01 | Granulomas 9 | Granulomas 16 Disseminated 5 | Granulomas 23 | NA | Granulomas 68 | Culture | 9 | NA | — | A. flavus 4 A. fumigatus 2 | A. flavus 15 A. fumigatus 2 | 15 | A. flavus 10 A. fumigatus 5 A. niger 2 A. terreus 1 Sterile 3 |
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NA: Not available, DM: Diabetes Mellitus.
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