72-year-old man with right homonymous hemianopia and gait instability

Shino Magaki; Laura Denham; Warren Boling; Ingrid Blomquist; Sheri Harder; Jeremy Deisch

doi:10.1111/bpa.13043

72-year-old man with right homonymous hemianopia and gait instability

Brain Pathol. 2022 May;32(3):e13043. doi: 10.1111/bpa.13043. Epub 2021 Dec 26.

Authors

Shino Magaki¹, Laura Denham¹, Warren Boling², Ingrid Blomquist³, Sheri Harder⁴, Jeremy Deisch¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA.

Abstract

An elderly man presented with right homonymous hemianopia and gait instability. He was found to have a left occipital ring enhancing lesion that was resected. Neuropathologic examination demonstrated a Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess (cerebral phaeohyphomycosis).

Keywords: Cladophialophora bantiana; brain abscess; central nervous system fungal infection; cerebral phaeohyphomycosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain Abscess* / diagnosis
Gait
Hemianopsia* / diagnosis
Hemianopsia* / etiology
Humans
Male
Neuropathology