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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Fungus | Dematiaceous Fungi | 3A0 Case 3 History
Case 3 History ---- The patient was a 22-year-old inmate admitted with a 2 month history of gradually progressive left-sided weakness, dizziness, headaches, and vomiting. MRI revealed a 10 cm enhancing lesion in the right frontotemporal region with extension into the corpus callosum. A stereotactic biopsy was performed and a pigmented fungal abscess (Bipolaris sp.) identified. Progression of his illness resulted in the patient's death. He was HIV negative and not immunocompromised. (AANP Diagnostic Slide Session 2012 Case 7)
