Meningoencefalitis letal por criptococosis en una mujer de mediana edad / Lethal meningoencephalitis due to cryptococcosis in a middle-age woman
Medisan
; 17(10)oct. 2013. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| CUMED
| ID: cum-58301
Responsible library:
CU418.1
RESUMEN
Se describe el caso clínico de una paciente de 55 años de edad, con aparente buen estado de salud hasta 6 meses antes de fallecer, quien comenzó a presentar cefalea crónica, que no mejoraba con el tratamiento, trastornos de la personalidad, confusión, neuropatía craneal, papiledema y coma profundo, sin respuesta al tratamiento antifúngico. Teniendo en cuenta los resultados del examen del líquido cefalorraquídeo se le diagnosticó una meningoencefalitis por Cryptococcus; asimismo el estudio anatomopatológico corroboró la existencia de criptococosis sistémica y sida(AU)
ABSTRACT
The case report of a 55 year-old patient is described, with apparent good health up to 6 months before death who began to present chronic migraine which did not improve with treatment, personality disorders, confusion, cranial neuropathy, papilloedema and deep coma, without response to antifungal treatment. Keeping in mind the results of cerebrospinal liquid examination, a meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus was diagnosed; likewise the pathological study corroborated the existence of systemic cryptococcosis and AIDS(AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Cuba
Database:
CUMED
Main subject:
Risk Factors
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Cryptococcosis
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Meningoencephalitis
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital General Docente Dr Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso/Cuba