Granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by leptomyxid amebae in an HIV- infected patient

MR images of granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by leptomyxid amebae in an HIV-infected patient showed both heterogeneous and ring-enhancing hemorrhagic lesions. The brain was diffusely involved, including the brain stem, deep gray matter nuclei, and corticomedullary junction regions of all lo...

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Published inAmerican journal of neuroradiology : AJNR Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 903 - 908
Main Authors Zagardo, MT, Castellani, RJ, Zoarski, GH, Bauserman, SC
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oak Brook, IL Am Soc Neuroradiology 01.05.1997
American Society of Neuroradiology
Subjects
Adult
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis
AIDS/HIV
Amebiasis - diagnosis
Amibiasis
Balamuthia mandrillaris
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - pathology
Case Reports
Encephalitis - diagnosis
Fatal Outcome
Female
human immunodeficiency virus
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Protozoal diseases
Tropical medicine
Human
Immunopathology
Protozoa
Encephalitis
Granuloma
Protozoal disease
Nervous system diseases
Lobosea
AIDS
Parasitosis
Immune deficiency
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
Cerebral disorder
Infection
Case study
Viral disease
Acanthamoeba
Central nervous system disease
Medical imagery
Female
Diagnosis
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Summary:MR images of granulomatous amebic encephalitis caused by leptomyxid amebae in an HIV-infected patient showed both heterogeneous and ring-enhancing hemorrhagic lesions. The brain was diffusely involved, including the brain stem, deep gray matter nuclei, and corticomedullary junction regions of all lobes.
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ISSN:0195-6108
1936-959X