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A 29-YO♂️, 6 months before, HIV + & non–drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, antiretroviral & 4-drug antituberculous therapy initiated but soon reduced to rifampin & isoniazid only: abdominal pain on the L side
CT: ?
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2206174
#radiologist #GITwitter
CT: ?
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2206174
#radiologist #GITwitter
CT: an enlarged spleen with numerous hypodense lesions (A).
CD4 cell count: 119/mm3
VIH viral load: 1778 copies/mm3
A splenectomy was performed to evaluate for cancer:
numerous necrotic nodules with purulent discharge (B).
2/5
#microbiology #gastroenterology #IDtwitter
CD4 cell count: 119/mm3
VIH viral load: 1778 copies/mm3
A splenectomy was performed to evaluate for cancer:
numerous necrotic nodules with purulent discharge (B).
2/5
#microbiology #gastroenterology #IDtwitter
🔬granulomatous inflammation with caseous necrosis (C) and acid-fast bacilli (D, arrowheads).
A tissue🧫: ➖
PCR: ➕for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
SPLENIC TUBERCULOSIS
3/5
#bacteriology #MedTwitter #GIPath
A tissue🧫: ➖
PCR: ➕for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
SPLENIC TUBERCULOSIS
3/5
#bacteriology #MedTwitter #GIPath
A 6-YO Bedouin ♂️: a limp, headache, left facial nerve palsy, & left hemiparesis.
Blood eosinophil count of 890/μL.
MRI: a brain cyst.
1/8
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#neurology #pediatric #MedTwitter
Blood eosinophil count of 890/μL.
MRI: a brain cyst.
1/8
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#neurology #pediatric #MedTwitter
Abdominal ultrasound and chest radiography did not reveal additional cysts.
Blood serology (ELISA) for ECHINOCOCCOSIS: ➖
The brain cyst was fully removed surgically.
2/8
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#neuro #Pediatrics #surgery
Blood serology (ELISA) for ECHINOCOCCOSIS: ➖
The brain cyst was fully removed surgically.
2/8
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#neuro #Pediatrics #surgery
Histopathological examination of the brain cyst fluid showed several echinococcal larvae (C and D), confirming CYSTIC ECHOCOCCOSIS diagnosis.
Over the following 4 months, he was treated with albendazole without complications.
3/8
#parasitology #microbiology #IDtwitter
Over the following 4 months, he was treated with albendazole without complications.
3/8
#parasitology #microbiology #IDtwitter
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
SEMINAL ARTICLE re: #ICD11 Chapter 08 - Diseases of the #NervousSystem 🧠
Study Title: The #leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal #CNS development and function: first patient and public involved systematic review of #arachnoiditis (chronic #meningitis). @PLOSONE
Study Title: The #leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal #CNS development and function: first patient and public involved systematic review of #arachnoiditis (chronic #meningitis). @PLOSONE
LINK: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @PLOSONE
Abbreviations:
#CES- #CaudaEquina Syndrome
#DLM – Diseases of the #Leptomeninges
#ESI- #Epidural Steroid Injection
LM - #Leptomeninges
#LMF- #Leptomeningeal #Fibrosis
#NAA- #neuraxialanesthesia
PSR- PRISMA Systematic Review
Abbreviations:
#CES- #CaudaEquina Syndrome
#DLM – Diseases of the #Leptomeninges
#ESI- #Epidural Steroid Injection
LM - #Leptomeninges
#LMF- #Leptomeningeal #Fibrosis
#NAA- #neuraxialanesthesia
PSR- PRISMA Systematic Review
#SAH- #Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
#SAS- #Subarachnoid Space
Key Findings:
1. A varyingly described, and poorly characterized #CNS disease called #arachnoiditis (aka #adhesivearachnoiditis) was exhaustively systematically-reviewed for the first time.
#SAS- #Subarachnoid Space
Key Findings:
1. A varyingly described, and poorly characterized #CNS disease called #arachnoiditis (aka #adhesivearachnoiditis) was exhaustively systematically-reviewed for the first time.
