Aspergillosis of the brain: diagnostic difficulties. Case report
Tatyana E. Verbakh , Oksana A. Kicherova , Lyudmila I. Reihert , Ekaterina S. Ostapchuk
Journal of Clinical Practice ›› 2022, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (4) : 88 -92.
Aspergillosis of the brain: diagnostic difficulties. Case report
Background: Neuroaspergillosis has nonspecific clinical manifestations and a severe course. Cases of central nervous system aspergillosis are becoming more frequent. Its lifetime diagnosis is very difficult. At the same time, a timely diagnosis makes it possible to conduct an adequate specific therapy and save the patient's life.
Clinical case description: We report a clinical case of a patient with a lethal damage to the brain by filamentous fungi, who did not have the risk factors described in the literature — human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), neutropenia, organ and tissue transplantation, long therapy with immunosuppressive drugs or corticosteroids.
Conclusion: One needs to consider a possibility of this pathology in patients even in the absence of a fever and immunodeficiency conditions. A specific study of biological fluids for the presence of the galactomannan antigen may allow one to establish a timely correct diagnosis and apply an adequate treatment.
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