| Literature DB >> 26600985 |
Guillermo Enrique Vergara1, Natalia Roura2, Marcelo Del Castillo3, Andrea Mora3, Santiago Condomi Alcorta1, Rubén Mormandi1, Andrés Cervio1, Jorge Salvat1.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) of the central nervous system (CNS) is an uncommon condition that usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. This illness can manifest as meningitis, or as a micotic aneurism, stroke or abscess. The infection affects the CNS either primarily or, more often, secondarily via blood dissemination from a distant focus, and has a poor prognosis. We present a patient with IA primarily affecting the cervical bones, with later spread into the brain. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 25-year old male was receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia when he developed pneumonitis secondary to methotrexate and was started on corticosteroids. He subsequently developed cervicalgia, prompting a needle biopsy of the fourth vertebrae, after which a diagnosis of osteomyelitis was made. Even though the biopsy culture was negative, empirical antibiotics were initiated. A parietal lobe lesion was treated surgically months later after the patient presented with three episodes of transient aphasia. After A. fumigatus grew in culture, the patient's antibiotic regimen was changed to treat the specific agent with a good response.Entities:
Year: 2015 PMID: 26600985 PMCID: PMC4623611 DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.167203
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Surg Neurol Int ISSN: 2152-7806
Figura 1RM columna cervical. Secuencia T1 con gadolinio. Corte sagital. Pérdida parcial de la lordosis cervical e hiperintensidad leve en discos y vértebras C2 - C5. Realce homogéneo de los discos y vértebras de C2 – C5
Figura 2RM pre operatoria cerebro. Secuencia T1 con gadolinio. Corte axial. Lesión nodular intraxial que capta contraste de forma heterogénea con abundante edema perilesional a nivel parietal izquierdo
Figura 3RM columna cervical 20 meses de seguimiento. Secuencia T1 con gadolinio. Corte sagital. Pérdida parcial de la lordosis cervical, no se observa realce en los discos C2 - C5 tras el contraste
Figura 4RM de cerebro 20 meses post operatoria. Secuencia T1 con gadolinio. Corte axial. Sin realce a nivel parietal izquierdo en zona de evacuación de lesión abscedada y sin edema