Abstract
Between March and December of 1997, 3 cases of infantile cerebral aspergillosis appeared in our hospital. All patients presented some kind of immunosuppression associated with clinical findings of intracranial hypertension. After surgery, all cases were histopathologically confirmed and had positive cultures of Aspergillus. The first case was a patient with a history of subtotal resection of supratentorial ependymoma which presented a new enhancing mass on a control CT scan. Brain tumor recidiva was suspected, although, an Aspergillus granuloma was encountered on the tumor bed. Both other cases were found in patients who underwent transplantation: one presented multiple cerebral lesions after a renal transplant, and the other, after a bone marrow transplant, developed a rhinocerebral aspergillosis. The discussion was focused on the clinical findings, images and treatment of this cerebral infectious disease.
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