Journals / Turkish Neurosurgery / 2013 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 1

Bağışıklığı bozuk bir kız çocuğunda tüberküler ve fungal serebeller abse birlikteliği

Concomitant tubercular and fungal cerebellar abscess in an immunocompromised girl

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Also the presence of concomitant fatal fungal abscess highlights that although the clinic and former diagnoses of the patient may direct the clinician to a certain pathogen, unusual resistant organisms should not be.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Concomitant tubercular and fungal cerebellar abscess is rare and we report the first concomitant recurrent multi-lobulated tubercular and fungal cerebellar abscess in an immunocompromised girl with Histiocytosis-X.
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Key Findings & Data:Histopathological examinations yielded Langhans giant cells,budding and branching fungal structures.
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Conclusion & Impact:Also the presence of concomitant fatal fungal abscess highlights that although the clinic and former diagnoses of the patient may direct the clinician to a certain pathogen, unusual resistant organisms should not be.
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Concomitant tubercular and fungal cerebellar abscess is rare and we report the first concomitant recurrent multi-lobulated tubercular and fungal cerebellar abscess in an immunocompromised girl with Histiocytosis-X. She presented with cerebellar abscess history diagnosed during the ongoing treatment for tuberculous meningitis. The abscess was drained. Upon the detection of cerebellar abscess recurrence and pulmonary infection, she was referred to our clinic five weeks after the first surgical intervention. Patient was conscious, co-operating but confused. She had severe cachexia, stiff neck and fever. Fundus examination showed bilateral papilledema. Cranial MR images revealed multiple lobulated lesions. Suboccipital craniectomy was performed and abscess was evacuated in toto. Lesion was multi-lobulated. Thick, yellow-gray purulent material was drained. Histopathological examinations yielded Langhans giant cells,budding and branching fungal structures. Fungal infection was identified. We emphasize that posterior decompression and total resection should be considered first in the management of lesions with mass effect in the posterior fossa. Also the presence of concomitant fatal fungal abscess highlights that although the clinic and former diagnoses of the patient may direct the clinician to a certain pathogen, unusual resistant organisms should not be.

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Tüberküler ve fungal serebeller abse birlikteliği nadirdir ve biz Histiyositoz X’i de olan bağışıklığı bozuk bir kızda ilk kez aynı anda tüberküler ve fungal tekrarlayan çok odacıklı serebeller abseyi bildiriyoruz. Hasta, devam eden tüberkülöz menenjiti tedavisi esnasında tanısı konmuş serebeller abse hikayesi ile bir hastaneye başvurmuş. Abse boşaltılmış. Tekrarlayan serebeller abse ve akciğer infeksiyonu tespit edilmesi üzerine, ilk cerrahi müdahaleden beş hafta sonra kliniğimize sevk edilmiş. Hastanın şuuru açık, koopere oluyordu ancak konfüze idi. Şiddetli kaşeksisi, ense sertliği ve ateşi vardı. Göz dibi muayenesi iki taraflı papil ödemi ortaya koydu. Kraniyal MR görüntüleri birden fazla lobüllü lezyonlar gösterdi. Suboksipital kraniyektomi yapıldı ve abse bütünüyle boşaltıldı. Lezyon bölümlü idi. Koyu, sarı gri pürülan madde boşaltıldı. Histopatolojik incelemeler Langhans dev hücreleri, tomurcuklanan ve dallanan mantar yapıları ortaya çıkardı. Mantar infeksiyonu tespit edildi. Arka çukurdaki kitle lezyonlarında ilk olarak posterior dekompresyon ve bütünüyle lezyonun çıkarılmasının düşünülmesini vurguluyoruz. Hastanın kliniği ve evvelki almış olduğu tanı hekimi belirli bir patojene yöneltse de beraberinde ölümcül bir mantar infeksiyonunun bulunması, özellikle bağışıklığı yetersiz çocuklarda erken tanı açısından sıra dışı dirençli organizmaların atlanmaması gerektiğini vurgulamaktadır.

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ŞİMŞEK, H., KUTLAY, M., ÇOLAK, A., HAHOLU, A., KAYA, H., ÖZYURT, M., DEMİRCAN, M. N. (2013). Bağışıklığı bozuk bir kız çocuğunda tüberküler ve fungal serebeller abse birlikteliği. Turkish Neurosurgery, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 1, 88–94. https://ajindex.com/articles/417744

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