Journal Top Ten -- COLUMNS-Mold--October 2007

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ARTICLE: "Surgical management of intracranial fungal masses"

SUMMARY: Intracranial fungal masses (IFMs, granulomas and abscesses) are uncommon lesions, infrequently encountered by neurosurgeons. There is no conclusive evidence on the ideal surgical management of these lesions. The aim was to summarize the recent literature on the prevalence, presentation, surgical management and outcome of patients with IFMs. The recent published literature was searched using standard search engines (PubMed and Google) for articles reporting on the databases and surgical management of IFMs. A special effort was made to include publications from Indian centers.

JOURNAL: Neurology India. 2007 July-September;55(3):267-273