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

NA: Not available, DM: Diabetes Mellitus.