Sudden blindness due to bilateral optic neuropathy associated with cryptococcal meningitis in an AIDS patient.
Background: Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent and severe AIDS defining illnesses. Aims: We present a patient with advanced HIV/AIDS disease and a diffuse meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans. The patient developed an acute and bilateral blindness associated with high cerebrosp...
| Publicado en: | Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 207 - 210 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Dec2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=65533746&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 65533746 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 11301406 PVP jtl: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia issn: 11301406 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2010 vid: 27 iid: 4 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 65533746 10.1016/j.riam.2010.09.002 ppf: 207 ppct: 3 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 625KB tig: atl: Sudden blindness due to bilateral optic neuropathy associated with cryptococcal meningitis in an AIDS patient. aug: au: Corti, Marcelo Solaria, Rubén Cangelosi, Diana Domínguez, Cecilia Yampolsky, Claudio Negroni, Ricardo Arechavala, Alicia Schtirbu, Ricardo affil: Division ofAIDS, Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mycology Unit, Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina Histopathology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases F. J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina su: Blindness Optic nerve diseases Neuropathy Cryptococcosis AIDS Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis Cerebrospinal fluid pressure sug: subj: Blindness Optic nerve diseases Neuropathy Cryptococcosis AIDS Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis Cerebrospinal fluid pressure keyword: Amaurosis súbita Criptococosis Neuropatía óptica Optic neuropathy Sida Sudden blindness Amaurosis súbita Criptococosis Cryptococcus neoformans Neuropatía óptica Sida ab: Background: Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent and severe AIDS defining illnesses. Aims: We present a patient with advanced HIV/AIDS disease and a diffuse meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans. The patient developed an acute and bilateral blindness associated with high cerebrospinal fluid pressure and optic neuropathy. Methods: Post-mortem anatomopathologic study revealed a high number of Cryptococcus in the central nervous system, including the optic nerves and the optic chiasm. Conclusion: The patient's sudden visual loss appeared to be related to the perineuritic arachnoiditis and the massive invasion of the optic nerves by the fungus. Antecedentes: La criptococosis es una de las más frecuentes y graves enfermedades marcadoras del sida. Objetivos: Se describe el caso de un paciente con enfermedad VIH/sida avanzada y meningoencefalitis por Cryptococcus neoformans que presentó un cuadro de amaurosis bilateral aguda asociada con aumento de la presión intracraniana y neuropatía óptica. Métodos: El paciente evolucionó de manera desfavorable, falleció y en la necropsia se observaron un gran número de levaduras compatibles con Cryptococcus que infiltraban las meninges, la vía óptica y el quiasma. Conclusión: la amaurosis fue el resultado de la arachnoiditis perineurítica y de la infiltración y necrosis del nervio y quiasma óptico por levaduras de Cryptococcus. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia is the property of Elsevier B.V. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia holder: Elsevier B.V. dt: @attributes: year: 2010 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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