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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report
We describe a case of an Italian child.
Diagnoses:
we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and paradoxical reaction with brain pseudo-abscesses.
Interventions:
The child started readily a specific therapy associated with steroids and thalidomide was introduced few month later.
Outcomes:
the patient had a favorable outcome without neurologic sequelae.
Lessons:
Despite the prompt specific anti-tubercular and adjuvant corticosteroid therapies, only the addition of thalidomide to the treatment allow to a favorable clinical outcome.
Source: Medicine - July 1, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Case Report Source Type: research
Case report: Central nervous system involvement of human graft versus host diseaseReport of 7 cases and a review of literature
We report 7 cases of CNS-GvHD among which two had histological-proven disease. We reviewed 32 additional cases of CNS GvHD published in literature since 1990. In this cohort, 34 patients were transplanted for hematologic malignancies, and 5 for non-malignant hematopoiesis disorders. Of these patients, 25 had a history of chronic GvHD and immunosuppressive treatment had been decreased or discontinued in 14 patients before neurological symptoms onset. Median neurological disorder onset was 385 days [7-7320]. Patients had stroke-like episodes (nā=ā7), lacunar syndromes (nā=ā3), multiple sclerosis-like presentations (n...
Source: Medicine - October 1, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Case Report Source Type: research