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Ring enhancing intracranial lesion responding to antituberculous treatment in a...
Pellegrino, Daniela; Gerhardt, Juliana; Porfírio, Fátima M.V.; Santos, Edgar de Bortholi; Dauar, Rafi F.; Oliveira, Augusto C. Penalva deCerebral tuberculomas constitute a major differential diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in developing countries. We report the case of a 34-year old woman co-infected with HIV and possible disseminated tuberculosis (hepatitis, lymphadenopathy, and pleural effusion) who presented a large and solitary intracranial mass lesion. Despite extensive diagnostic ...
Cerebral aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in AIDS patient: first cult...
Vidal, José E.; Dauar, Rafi F.; Melhem, Marcia S.C.; Szeszs, Walderez; Pukinskas, Sandra R.B.S.; Coelho, João F.G.S.; Lins, Diogo L.M.; Costa, Silvia F.Cerebral aspergillosis is a rare cause of brain expansive lesion in AIDS patients. We report the first culture-proven case of brain abscess due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a Brazilian AIDS patient. The patient, a 26 year-old male with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and history of pulmonary tuberculosis and cerebral toxoplasmosis, had fever, cough, dyspnea, and two episodes of seizures. The brain c...
Cerebral mass lesion due to cytomegalovirus in a patient with AIDS: case report...
Vidal, José E.; Dauar, Rafi F.; Penalva de Oliveira, Augusto C.; Coelho, João F.G.S.; Lins, Diogo L.M.Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients most commonly presents as chorioretinitis and gastro-intestinal infection. Neurological involvement due to CMV may cause several clinical presentations: polyradiculitis, myelitis, encephalitis, ventriculo-encephalitis, and mononeuritis multiplex. Rarely, cerebral mass lesion is described. We report a 39 year-old woman with AIDS ...