[Fulminating cryptococcal meningoencephalitis. An anatomo-clinical case]. / Cryptococcose neuro-méningée foudroyante. Un cas anatomo-clinique.
Rev Neurol (Paris)
; 146(5): 372-4, 1990.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2196656
ABSTRACT
We report a case of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in a 52 year-old man. The patient had complained of headache and drowsiness for a few hours before he became comatose with a bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy. The cerebrospinal fluid contained less than one lymphocyte per cubic millimeter, a low glucose level (0.20 g/l) and numerous Cryptococcus neoformans encapsulated yeasts. A neuropathological study showed that the cortex and midbrain were involved. To our knowledge, such an acute case with death within the first 20 hours has not yet been reported.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cryptococcosis
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Meningoencephalitis
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Rev Neurol (Paris)
Year:
1990
Document type:
Article