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A 26-YO♂️ no #sexual contacts other than with his male partner: 6-day of fever, malaise, a swollen parotid gland, & ulcerative lesion on the ipsilateral lower lip.
Mild lymphopenia
⬆️GGT & CRP
1/6
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…
#IDtwitter #dermatology #EarNoseThroat
Mild lymphopenia
⬆️GGT & CRP
1/6
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…
#IDtwitter #dermatology #EarNoseThroat
PCRs on the throat & ulcer swabs:➕for human #monkeypox (hMPX)
Genomic sequencing: clade IIb variant clustering within the current international mpox virus outbreak
PAROTIDITIS CAUSED BY hMPX virus
2/6
#sexually #maxillofacial #microbiology
Genomic sequencing: clade IIb variant clustering within the current international mpox virus outbreak
PAROTIDITIS CAUSED BY hMPX virus
2/6
#sexually #maxillofacial #microbiology
7 days after initial presentation, his clinical condition had improved together with a decrease in the parotid swelling and the size of the ulcer.
3/6
#MedTwitter #Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
3/6
#MedTwitter #Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
A 59-YO DM, steroid, myasthenia gravis with thymoma: headache & deviation of tongue to the R side with fasciculation suggestive of right 12th cranial nerve palsy
CT: sphenoid sclerotic changes, soft tissue density lesion with calcification.
1/9
#neurology #radiology #IDtwitter
CT: sphenoid sclerotic changes, soft tissue density lesion with calcification.
1/9
#neurology #radiology #IDtwitter
MRI brain: a hypointense lesion involving the body of sphenoid (R > L) and clivus on T2 weighted images and T1 weighted images with moderate contrast enhancement possibly fungal in aetiology.
2/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#radiologist #radres #MedTwitter
2/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#radiologist #radres #MedTwitter
Endoscopic sphenoidotomy & debridement: invasive fungal sphenoid sinusitis & CENTRAL SKULL BASE OSTEOMYELITIS involving the clivus
🔬from sphenoid mucosa: morphologically ASPERGILLUS with foci of tissue invasion.
3/9
#microbiology #maxillofacial #Orthopedics
🔬from sphenoid mucosa: morphologically ASPERGILLUS with foci of tissue invasion.
3/9
#microbiology #maxillofacial #Orthopedics
A 63-year old man, kidney transplantation: fever and a painful ulcer on the lateral side of the tongue.
🔬: showed invasion of X?
1/8
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#OralPath #maxillofacial #nephrology
🔬: showed invasion of X?
1/8
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#OralPath #maxillofacial #nephrology
🔬 showed invasion of Cryptococcus neoformans.
A tongue swab:➕for HSV-1.
The cryptococcal antigen test on serum: ➕
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS TONGUE ULCER IN A RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENT
2/8
#mycology #Pathologists #microbiology
A tongue swab:➕for HSV-1.
The cryptococcal antigen test on serum: ➕
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS TONGUE ULCER IN A RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENT
2/8
#mycology #Pathologists #microbiology
A CT-scan of the lungs showed extensive ground glass lesions & a lesion of 4.7 cm in the left upper lobe.
Bronchoalveolar lavage:➕for Cryptococcus neoformans & Pneumocystis jirovecii.
LUNG COINFECTION OF C. NEOFOMANS & P. JIROVECII
3/8
#IDtwitter #MedTwitter
Bronchoalveolar lavage:➕for Cryptococcus neoformans & Pneumocystis jirovecii.
LUNG COINFECTION OF C. NEOFOMANS & P. JIROVECII
3/8
#IDtwitter #MedTwitter
