Granulomatous infectious disease in an immunosuppressed patient: a case report with radiological and pathological correlation

S Castro; C Bartosch; D Seixas; M Ayres Basto; M Exposito; S Carpenter; I Bernardes

doi:10.1016/j.neurad.2008.11.006

Granulomatous infectious disease in an immunosuppressed patient: a case report with radiological and pathological correlation

J Neuroradiol. 2009 Jun;36(3):165-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neurad.2008.11.006. Epub 2009 Feb 18.

Authors

S Castro¹, C Bartosch, D Seixas, M Ayres Basto, M Exposito, S Carpenter, I Bernardes

Affiliation

¹ Neuroradiology Department, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal. snacastro@portugalmail.pt

PMID: 19232728
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2008.11.006

Abstract

We report here on a case of disseminated aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient with Wegener's granulomatosis to illustrate the complexity of brain imaging diagnosis in the presence of concomitant infectious, immunological and ischemic diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Diseases / complications
Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Diseases / pathology*
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / diagnostic imaging
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / immunology*
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / pathology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Male
Neuroaspergillosis / complications
Neuroaspergillosis / diagnostic imaging*
Neuroaspergillosis / pathology*
Obesity
Radiography