Figueiredo, Sônia Maria deCampolina, Sabrina SidneyRosa, Carlos AugustoGontijo, MarcusTirone, ThelmaAssunção, Cláudia BarbosaFreire, Tarcísio F. A.Christo, Paulo Pereira2015-03-312015-03-312014FIGUEIREDO, S. M. de et al. Cerebral macroabscess caused by Candida albicans in an immunocompetent patient: a diagnostic challenge. Medical Mycology Case Reports, v. 3, p. 1-6, 2014. Disponível em: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753913000547?via%3Dihub>. Acesso em: 08 nov. 2014.2211-7539http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/4810We describe the history of a 24-year-old immunocompetent man with an expansive lesion in the brain stem that, after many misdiagnoses, was found to be caused by a Candida albicans abscess. One year after surgery and 3 months of fluconazole treatment, the patient was asymptomatic and all image and laboratory tests were normal.en-USCandida spMacroabscessFluconazoleEncephalic trunkArtigo publicado em periodicoO periódico Medical Mycology Case Reports concede permissão para depósito deste artigo no Repositório Institucional da UFOP. Número da licença: 3557670905452.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.12.001