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An Unusual Case (Metastatic-Like Lesion) of Septic Cerebral Embolus Caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens in a Diabetic Patient
Septic cerebral emboli can be a challenging diagnosis to give, especially if atypical bacterial infections are the cause of it. Correct diagnosis of this condition can change the management route of the patient and result in a nonsurgical treatment. To our best knowledge, this is the first case of s...
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author | Senaobar Tahaei, Seyed Arad Mencser, Zoltan Reisz, Zita Barzo, Pal |
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description | Septic cerebral emboli can be a challenging diagnosis to give, especially if atypical bacterial infections are the cause of it. Correct diagnosis of this condition can change the management route of the patient and result in a nonsurgical treatment. To our best knowledge, this is the first case of septic cerebral embolus caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens reported. In this study, a 65-year-old diabetic patient who have developed ketoacidosis and went into coma was investigated for a case of septic cerebral embolization. The patient developed a sudden right-sided hemiparesis, and the radiological findings showed a tumor-like lesion on the left hemisphere at the level of the internal capsule. At first glance, presence of a metastatic tumor could not be excluded; therefore, further laboratory tests and examinations were done to rule out metastatic lesions. The blood culture of the patient revealed a case of bacteremia caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens and then a septic cerebral embolus was suspected, but due to the rarity of this pathogen causing such complications as well as the similarity of the lesion to a metastatic brain tumor, a biopsy was performed and the histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of a septic cerebral embolus. Corynebacterium mucifaciens should be considered a human pathogen in immunocompromised patients and it can cause cerebral septic embolization. Metastatic brain tumors and tuberculomas should be excluded; if the uncertainty of a metastatic tumor remains, biopsy can be performed and histological findings can amplify the diagnosis of septic cerebral embolus. |
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spelling | pubmed-72735522020-06-15 An Unusual Case (Metastatic-Like Lesion) of Septic Cerebral Embolus Caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens in a Diabetic Patient Senaobar Tahaei, Seyed Arad Mencser, Zoltan Reisz, Zita Barzo, Pal J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report Septic cerebral emboli can be a challenging diagnosis to give, especially if atypical bacterial infections are the cause of it. Correct diagnosis of this condition can change the management route of the patient and result in a nonsurgical treatment. To our best knowledge, this is the first case of septic cerebral embolus caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens reported. In this study, a 65-year-old diabetic patient who have developed ketoacidosis and went into coma was investigated for a case of septic cerebral embolization. The patient developed a sudden right-sided hemiparesis, and the radiological findings showed a tumor-like lesion on the left hemisphere at the level of the internal capsule. At first glance, presence of a metastatic tumor could not be excluded; therefore, further laboratory tests and examinations were done to rule out metastatic lesions. The blood culture of the patient revealed a case of bacteremia caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens and then a septic cerebral embolus was suspected, but due to the rarity of this pathogen causing such complications as well as the similarity of the lesion to a metastatic brain tumor, a biopsy was performed and the histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of a septic cerebral embolus. Corynebacterium mucifaciens should be considered a human pathogen in immunocompromised patients and it can cause cerebral septic embolization. Metastatic brain tumors and tuberculomas should be excluded; if the uncertainty of a metastatic tumor remains, biopsy can be performed and histological findings can amplify the diagnosis of septic cerebral embolus. SAGE Publications 2020-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7273552/ /pubmed/32493177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709620930930 Text en © 2020 American Federation for Medical Research https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Senaobar Tahaei, Seyed Arad Mencser, Zoltan Reisz, Zita Barzo, Pal An Unusual Case (Metastatic-Like Lesion) of Septic Cerebral Embolus Caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens in a Diabetic Patient |
title | An Unusual Case (Metastatic-Like Lesion) of Septic Cerebral Embolus
Caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens in a Diabetic
Patient |
title_full | An Unusual Case (Metastatic-Like Lesion) of Septic Cerebral Embolus
Caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens in a Diabetic
Patient |
title_fullStr | An Unusual Case (Metastatic-Like Lesion) of Septic Cerebral Embolus
Caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens in a Diabetic
Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Case (Metastatic-Like Lesion) of Septic Cerebral Embolus
Caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens in a Diabetic
Patient |
title_short | An Unusual Case (Metastatic-Like Lesion) of Septic Cerebral Embolus
Caused by Corynebacterium mucifaciens in a Diabetic
Patient |
title_sort | unusual case (metastatic-like lesion) of septic cerebral embolus
caused by corynebacterium mucifaciens in a diabetic
patient |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7273552/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709620930930 |
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