scholarly journals Severe Cytomegalovirus Encephalitis in an Immunocompetent Healthy Young Woman: A Case Report

IDCases ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. e01403
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Mozafarybazargany ◽  
Nahid Abbasi Khoshsirat
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Healthy Young Woman ◽  
Cytomegalovirus Encephalitis

scholarly journals Cryptococcus gattii Meningitis in a Previously Healthy Young Woman: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-349
Author(s):  
Sarabeth Maciey ◽  
Chloe Santa Maria ◽  
Sachie Oshima ◽  
Jennifer Newberry
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Lumbar Puncture ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cryptococcus Gattii ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Blurred Vision ◽  
Healthy Young Woman

Introduction: Cryptococcus gattii (C. gatti) is a rare cause of meningitis in the United States. Outbreaks in new geographic distributions in the past few decades raise concern that climate change may be contributing to a broader distribution of this pathogen. We review a case of C. gattii in a 23-year-old woman in Northern California who was diagnosed via lumbar puncture after six weeks of headache, blurred vision, and tinnitus. Case Report: A 23-year-old previously healthy young woman presented to the emergency department (ED) after multiple visits to primary care, other EDs, and neurologists, for several weeks of headache, nausea, tinnitus, and blurred vision. On examination the patient was found to have a cranial nerve VI palsy (impaired abduction of the left eye) and bilateral papilledema on exam. Lumbar puncture had a significantly elevated opening pressure. Cerebrospinal fluid studies were positive for C. gattii. The patient was treated with serial lumbar punctures, followed by lumbar drain, as well as amphotericin and flucytosine. The patient had improvement in headache and neurologic symptoms and was discharged to another facility that specializes in management of this disease to undergo further treatment with immunomodulators and steroids. Conclusion: Fungal meningitis is uncommon in the US, particularly among immunocompetent patients. Due to climate change, C. gattii may be a new pathogen to consider. This finding raises important questions to the medical community about the way global climate change affects day to day medical care now, and how it may change in the future.

Tuberculous Meningitis in a Healthy Young Woman: Case Report and Review of Literature (P03.250)

Neurology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (Meeting Abstracts 1) ◽  
pp. P03.250-P03.250
Author(s):  
S. Mutgi ◽  
D. Greene-Chandos ◽  
M. Torbey ◽  
R. Behrouz
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Tuberculous Meningitis ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Healthy Young Woman

Cervical Epidural Hematoma after Chiropractic Manipulation in a Healthy Young Woman: Case Report

Neurosurgery ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1043-1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
David H. Segal ◽  
Mika W. Lidov ◽  
Martin B. Camins
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Epidural Hematoma ◽  
Chiropractic Manipulation ◽  
Healthy Young Woman

Non-traumatic haematoma in a healthy young woman: a case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 872-873
Author(s):  
Yumi Matsumoto ◽  
Tsukuru Amano ◽  
Fuminori Kimura ◽  
Kentaro Takahashi ◽  
Takashi Murakami
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Healthy Young Woman

scholarly journals Group B Streptococcal Meningitis in a Healthy Young Woman: A Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 861-864
Author(s):  
Alvin Oliver Payus ◽  
Clarita Clarence ◽  
Raymond Azman Ali
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Healthy Young Woman ◽  
Streptococcal Meningitis ◽  
Group B

A Case Report of the Occurrence of a Rare Middle Mediastinal Thymoma in a Young Woman

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
Jae Myeong Lee ◽  
Ghi Jai Lee ◽  
Jae Chan Shim ◽  
Ho Kyun Kim ◽  
Jung Ho Suh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Young Woman
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