Granulomatous infectious disease in an immunosuppressed patient: a case report with radiological and pathological correlation.
We report here on a case of disseminated aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient with Wegener's granulomatosis to illustrate the complexity of brain imaging diagnosis in the presence of concomitant infectious, immunological and ischemic diseases.
Castro
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Neuroradiology Department, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal. snacastro@portugalmail.pt
Bartosch
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Seixas
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Ayres Basto
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Exposito
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M
Carpenter
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Bernardes
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I
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D020953:Neuroaspergillosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D009765:Obesity; D011859:Radiography