Mycobacterium Genavense Granuloma Mimicking a Brain Tumor: A Case Report

Mycobacterium genavense (M. genavense) is a rare, non-tuberculous organism that commonly leads to gastrointestinal infections in immunocompromised patients. Only two cases of intracranial M. genavense infection have been reported to date. We describe a third case of M. genavense granuloma mimicking...

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Autores principales: Toussi, Atrin, Goodarzi, Amir, Kulubya, Edwin, Lee, Darrin J, Waldau, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018644
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1547
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Sumario:Mycobacterium genavense (M. genavense) is a rare, non-tuberculous organism that commonly leads to gastrointestinal infections in immunocompromised patients. Only two cases of intracranial M. genavense infection have been reported to date. We describe a third case of M. genavense granuloma mimicking a right parietal intracranial mass, and review the literature on this exceedingly rare pathology.

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