Balamuthia mandrillaris brain infection: a rare cause of a ring-enhancing central nervous system lesion. Illustrative case

BACKGROUND: An 80-year-old man presented with subacute mental status change, dizziness, and left-sided vision loss. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a ring-enhancing right parietooccipital lesion. OBSERVATIONS: Biopsy and laboratory testing demonstrated an amoebic Balamuthia mandrillaris infe...

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Autores principales: Levinson, Simon, Kumar, Kevin K., Wang, Hannah, Tayyar, Ralph, Dunning, Megan, Toland, Angus, Budvytiene, Indre, Vogel, Hannes, Chang, Amy, Banaei, Niaz, Shuer, Lawrence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9379710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36303497
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE2268

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9379710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36303497
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE2268

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