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Rapidly expanding brain mass
Author(s) -
Gene A.H.,
Gardner P.A.,
Couce Matovelle M.E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00254.x
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , rash , encephalitis , brain biopsy , skin biopsy , biopsy , central nervous system , transplantation , acanthamoeba , dermatology , surgery , pathology , immunology , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Amebic encephalitis is an uncommon central nervous system infection, usually caused by Acanthamoeba spp., which generally occurs in immunocompromised individuals. The infection might start from a minor, slowly progressive, skin ulceration that can be present for weeks to months before neurologic changes occur. We present a 40‐year‐old male with multiple visceral allografts, on immunosuppression, 9 months after transplantation. He had an active skin rash previously diagnosed as graft‐versus‐host disease by biopsy. The condition of the patient declined rapidly.