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Coccidioidomycosis from the fungus\n Coccidioides immitis<\/jats:italic>\n , endemic to the American Southwest, is growing in incidence but uncommonly produces deep brain abscesses, making management unclear.The authors report the diagnosis and management of a solitary thalamic\n Coccidioides<\/jats:italic>\n abscess without meningitis.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n OBSERVATIONS<\/jats:title>\n A 59-year-old female presented with 1 week of gait instability, left facial weakness, dysarthria, and intermittent headache, but no meningismus. Cranial imaging was consistent with abscess or, less likely, a neoplasm, and a stereotactic brain biopsy was pursued. Despite negative fungal cultures and lack of serum antibody detection, findings of pathognomonic spherules in pathology tissue with confirmatory polymerase chain reaction testing helped diagnose coccidioidomycosis. The patient\u2019s symptoms resolved 3 weeks postoperatively with a dexamethasone taper and, due to relapse risk, planned lifelong fluconazole therapy. The patient self-discontinued fluconazole at 11 months postoperatively but remained disease free at 1 year.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n LESSONS<\/jats:title>\n \n C. immitis<\/jats:italic>\n can present as solitary brain abscesses despite negative fungal cultures. Postoperative dexamethasone and long-term fluconazole can clear the pathogen and suppress recurrence.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n https:\/\/thejns.org\/doi\/10.3171\/CASE25381<\/jats:ext-link>\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/case25381","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,4]],"date-time":"2025-11-04T00:06:01Z","timestamp":1762214761000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Solitary thalamic abscess without meningitis from Coccidioides immitis: illustrative case"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0216-7790","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Adhith","family":"Palla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nora C.","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-0917-4759","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Sarra","family":"Belakhoua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Zagzag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York"},{"name":"Department of Pathology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Scott","family":"Weisenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter A.","family":"Rozman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"bib1","series-title":"Childs Nerv Syst","first-page":"1871","article-title":"Management of brain abscesses: where are we now?","volume":"34","author":"Chen","year":"2018","unstructured":"Chen MLow DCYLow SYYMuzumdar DSeow WT.Management of brain abscesses: where are we now? 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