Vertigo after renal transplantation: a sign of paucisymptomatic cryptococcal meningitis.
We report what is to our knowledge the first case of severe isolated vertigo that developed after renal transplantation and was a manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis. Treatment with antifungal therapy resulted in the complete resolution of vertiginous symptoms. Immunosuppressed patients with an opportunistic infection of the central nervous system can present with extremely tenuous features of infection and atypical neurologic signs.
Mehrenberger
Marion
M
Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex 9, France.
Kamar
Nassim
N
Borde
Jean-Sébastien
JS
Estève-Fraysse
Marie-Josée
MJ
Viguier
Alain
A
Recco
Paulette
P
Durand
Dominique
D
Rostaing
Lionel
L
D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014717:Vertigo / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology