Long-Term Neuropsychological Sequelae in HIV-Seronegative Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis Patients with and without Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts: A Cine MRI Study

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The MR imaging in (a) the acute stage and (b) at follow-up for a 27-year-old male who received a shunt and had a follow-up duration of 98 months showed no interval changes in ventricular size. (c) CSF flow patterns at follow-up showed normal wave form but a smaller longitudinal scale. The MR imaging in (d) the acute stage and (e) at follow-up for a 45-year-old male without a shunt procedure and with a follow-up duration of 97 months showed a mildly increased ventricular size. His CSF flow pattern (f) shows a more extremely increased AF than that of either the controls or the patients without shunts.

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