1. Entrapment Syndrome in a Kidney Transplant Recipient with Cryptococcal Meningitis
- Author
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Laya Reddy, George R. Thompson, Alan Koff, and Stuart H. Cohen
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Microbiology (medical) ,Transplantation ,Kidney Disease ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,cryptococcosis ,Immunology ,solid organ transplant ,Renal and urogenital ,Organ Transplantation ,entrapment syndrome ,Infectious Diseases ,Rare Diseases ,cryptococcal meningitis ,Medical Microbiology ,Immunology and Allergy ,Molecular Biology - Abstract
Cryptococcus neoformans primarily affects immunocompromised individuals and the central nervous system (CNS) is the most common site of dissemination. Entrapped temporal horn syndrome (ETH) remains a rare CNS manifestation and has not previously been described in solid organ transplant recipients. Here, we present a case of ETH in a 55-year-old woman with history of renal transplant and prior treated Cryptococcal meningitis. more...
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- 2023