An unusual infection, an unusual outcome-Fonsecaea pedrosoi cerebral granuloma Case report

Phaeohyphomycosis is caused by pigmented fungi that are not normally pathogenic. Fonsecaea is a rare cause of cerebral infections, most of which are caused by F. monophora. Brain infections caused by F. pedrosoi are very rare, and there are only a few case reports describing this. Most infections take the form of abscesses (epidural or intracerebral). The authors report a rare case of a contained fungal granuloma caused by F. pedrosoi. The patient presented with epilepsy, which was treated as a case of extratemporal lesion related epilepsy. The diagnosis was made after resection. The authors describe the clinical course of this patient. (DOI: 10.3171/2011.5.PEDS1112)