title: [Cerebral aspergillosis in an immunocompromised patient with follicular lymphoma].
abstract: We present a case of central nervous system aspergillosis in an immunocompromised 69-year-old male with a history of chemotherapeutic treatment for follicular lymphoma. The patient presented with aphasia, apraxia and confusion. An MRI of the central nervous system and Aspergillus antigen in the spinal fluid was suggestive for this invasive fungal infection. Despite treatment with voriconazole the patient succumbed to the infection. A rise in rare, severe infectious complications as presented is expected due to increasing dose-intensity of chemotherapy.
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lorentzen
authors.forename: Monica Nicole
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Talibi
authors.affiliation: Hæmatologisk Afdeling L, Herlev Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730 Herlev. per.boye.hansen@regionh.dk.
authors.forename: Per Boye
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019046:Bone Marrow Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020953:Neuroaspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007155:Immunologic Factors