Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2014
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Neuropathology
Volume
34
Issue
3
First Page
314
Last Page
317
DOI of Original Publication
10.1111/neup.12084
Date of Submission
March 2015
Abstract
This is a case of a 22 year-old African American male inmate with no significant past medical history who regularly cleaned moldy bathrooms and showers during his incarceration. The patient presented with progressive development of left-sided weakness, dizziness, headaches, and vomiting over a two month period. In summary, we report this case to boost awareness of the potential for CNS phaeohyphomycosis infection to present as a clinical and radioimaging mimic of high grade glioma. Our patient, a previously healthy adult, is one of less than a dozen cases of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Bipolaris documented in the literature, and is only the second patient to present with imaging features very suggestive of high grade infiltrative glioma.
Rights
© 2013 Japanese Society of Neuropathology. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Jelinek, A. G., Fuller, C., Baykal, A., Stogner-Underwood, K., Richard, H. and Arkun, K. (2014), Headaches and hemiparesis in an immunocompetent inmate. Neuropathology, 34: 314-317, which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1111/neup.12084. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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VCU Pathology Publications