title: Leptomyxid amebic meningoencephalitis mimicking brain stem glioma.
abstract: An 11-month-old infant presented with cranial nerve palsy and ataxia. MR revealed a large, enhancing pontine mass and small, nonenhancing parafalcial lesions; no organisms were seen in cerebrospinal fluid. After empiric treatment for brain stem glioma, the patient died. Autopsy revealed meningoencephalitis caused by leptomyxid amebae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lowichik
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rollins
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Visvesvara
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed