Posterior fossa mass in immunosuppressed patient

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العنوان: Posterior fossa mass in immunosuppressed patient
المؤلفون: V R N, Gunness, A, Hana, C, Berthold, G, Dooms, F, Hertel
المصدر: Bulletin de la Societe des sciences medicales du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg. (3)
سنة النشر: 2015
مصطلحات موضوعية: Vomiting, Biopsy, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Headache, Antineoplastic Agents, Infratentorial Neoplasms, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Diagnosis, Differential, Immunocompromised Host, Positron-Emission Tomography, Vertigo, Humans, Female, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Toxoplasmosis, Aged
الوصف: Toxoplasmosis is the most frequent opportunistic infection of the central nervous system among individuals with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Radiographic modalities include brain CT, MRI and PET scan. The differential diagnosis are usually: primary CNS lymphoma, cerebral metastasis, Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, cytomegalovirus. It indicates severe immunodeficiency and, if it remains untreated, it may lead to death.A 65 year old immunodeficiency woman with a Non Hodgkin Lymphoma treated with Chemotherapy. She had been suffering from vomiting, headache and vertigo. Treatment she received Dafalgan, Betaserc, neupogen and nexiam.This case illustrates that a brain biopsy is compulsory before starting any treatment.
تدمد: 0037-9247
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid________::2c985390e8517b3ae5e017dcc52ce804
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25571670
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.pmid..........2c985390e8517b3ae5e017dcc52ce804
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE