Amoebic encephalitis: case report and literature review of neuroimaging findings

We present a fatal case of amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba spp. in an immunosuppressed male. Amoebic encephalitis can be a diagnostic challenge as clinical features are non-specific and imaging findings resemble other more common diagnoses such as tumours, haemorrhage or encephalitis from o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lukies, Matthew William, Watanabe, Yoshiyuki, Maeda, Tetsuo, Kusakabe, Shinsuke, Arita, Hideyuki, Tomiyama, Noriyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150499

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150499

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