TY - JOUR
T1 - Intracranial tuberculoma in a liver transplant patient
T2 - First reported case and review of the literature
AU - Henderson, Corey
AU - Meyers, Burt
AU - Gultekin, S. Humayun
AU - Liu, Bin
AU - Zhang, David Y.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - A 66-year-old female who had undergone an orthotopic liver transplant two years before admission was admitted with fever and neurological symptoms of several days' duration. Following an extensive work-up, which revealed positive intracranial lesions on computed typography and magnetic resonance imaging, the patient was begun on broad spectrum antimicrobials including corticosteroids. The patient responded though the etiology of infection remained unclear. After a stereotactic biopsy was performed revealing granulomas and acid-fast bacilli, the patient was started on antituberculous medications. A review of the literature reveals that the rare occurrence of intracranial tuberculoma should be considered in an orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patient with central nervous system pathology.
AB - A 66-year-old female who had undergone an orthotopic liver transplant two years before admission was admitted with fever and neurological symptoms of several days' duration. Following an extensive work-up, which revealed positive intracranial lesions on computed typography and magnetic resonance imaging, the patient was begun on broad spectrum antimicrobials including corticosteroids. The patient responded though the etiology of infection remained unclear. After a stereotactic biopsy was performed revealing granulomas and acid-fast bacilli, the patient was started on antituberculous medications. A review of the literature reveals that the rare occurrence of intracranial tuberculoma should be considered in an orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patient with central nervous system pathology.
KW - Intracranial tuberculoma
KW - Orthotopic liver transplant
KW - Tuberculoma
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U2 - 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.30117.x
DO - 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.30117.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 12492718
AN - SCOPUS:0037223497
SN - 1600-6135
VL - 3
SP - 88
EP - 93
JO - American Journal of Transplantation
JF - American Journal of Transplantation
IS - 1
ER -