Septate fungal invasion in masked mastoiditis: a diagnostic dilemma

2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Kuruvilla ◽  
A Job ◽  
J Mathew ◽  
A P Ayyappan ◽  
M Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Patient ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Rare Entity ◽  
Diagnostic Dilemma ◽  
First Case ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Invasive fungal mastoiditis is a rare entity, seen almost entirely in immunocompromized patients. It has been reported primarily in patients with leukaemia and more recently with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A literature search revealed only a few reports in diabetic patients, in whom the invasive fungus was identified as mucormycosis in all cases. We report the first case in the English literature of invasive septate fungal mastoiditis in a diabetic patient with intact tympanic membranes.

Plasmablastic Lymphoma of the Lung

2001 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Lin ◽  
Gilberto D. Rodrigues ◽  
John F. Turner ◽  
Mohammad A. Vasef
Keyword(s):  
Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Lung Tumor ◽  
B Cell Lymphoma ◽  
Plasmablastic Lymphoma ◽  
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma ◽  
First Case ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Distinct Subtype

Abstract Non-Hodgkin lymphomas associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are heterogeneous. Recently, a novel subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma occurring mostly in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has been described and designated as plasmablastic lymphoma. The histomorphologic and immunophenotypic findings of this distinct subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma have been characterized previously. Most patients present with oral cavity involvement. We report a case of plasmablastic lymphoma presenting as a lung tumor. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of this unusual subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in this location.

Gastric Toxoplasmosis as the Presentation of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

2005 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. e87-e90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihai Merzianu ◽  
Steven M. Gorelick ◽  
Voltaire Paje ◽  
Donald P. Kotler ◽  
Corazon Sian
Keyword(s):  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Status ◽  
Old West ◽  
Immunosuppressed Patients ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
High Index Of Suspicion ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Disseminated Disease

Abstract We report a case of a 39-year-old West African man with unknown human immunodeficiency virus status diagnosed with gastric toxoplasmosis as the presenting manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Toxoplasma gondii is common in severely immunosuppressed patients and most frequently involves the central nervous system, followed by the eye, myocardium and skeletal muscle, lungs, bone marrow, and peripheral blood. For unclear reasons, gastrointestinal involvement is exceedingly rare and occurs in the context of severe immunosuppression and disseminated disease. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature of a patient with isolated, manifest gastric toxoplasmosis without evidence of concomitant cerebral or extracerebral involvement. It is important for both the clinician and the pathologist to maintain a high index of suspicion for toxoplasmosis in immunosuppressed patients presenting with nonspecific symptoms of gastritis and radiologic and endoscopic presence of thickened gastric folds with or without ulceration.

scholarly journals The First Case of Vestibulocochlear Neuritis in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Hyun Joo Park ◽  
Chin Saeng Cho ◽  
Nak Min Kim ◽  
Su A Yun ◽  
Hee Jung Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
First Case ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

scholarly journals Diagnostic dilemma in Kaposi’s sarcoma

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (02) ◽  
pp. 179-181
Author(s):  
Rao B.S Satish ◽  
Tauro F Leo ◽  
Menezes Theobald Leo ◽  
B Nandakishore ◽  
K Praveen Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Kaposi's Sarcoma ◽  
Kaposi’S Sarcoma ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Diagnostic Dilemma ◽  
Bacillary Angiomatosis ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ABSTRACTKaposi′s sarcoma is described as cutaneous and extracutaneous neoplasm predominantly affecting older individuals. Though earlier uncommon and endemic to certain African areas, its incidence is on a rise due to infections with human immunodeficiency virus and also due to transplant-associated immunosuppression. Further, certain benign conditions like Pseudo Kaposi′s sarcoma, certain infective conditions like bacillary angiomatosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome can mimic Kaposi′s sarcoma both clinically and histologically leading to a diagnostic dilemma. We report such a case here.

Differential diagnosis of chronic diarrhea in patients with HIV infection

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Olga Alekseevna Petrischeva
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
The Body ◽  
First Case ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Today, when the whole world is overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic, few people remember that it was AIDS that was called the plague of the twentieth century. The manifestations of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are the terminal stage of infection of the body with the human immunodeficiency virus, which belongs to retroviruses and leads to the development of secondary immunodeficiency. The first case of HIV infection in adults was described in 1981 in America. A young homosexual came to one of the hospitals in the city of San Francisco with a persistent fungal infection. Some time after the treatment, the young man developed pneumonia, from the complications of which he soon died. The human immunodeficiency virus got its name only in 1982, and the disease caused by it began to be called the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. At present, there are more than 40 million infected people in the world, 2/3 of whom live in Africa; in total, since the beginning of the epidemic, almost 100 million people have been infected with HIV, and the number of victims has doubled the number of people who died in the First World War. Despite the fact that this infection is not airborne or transmitted by contact, the growth rate of this disease continues to shock. Thus, about 5 thousand people get infected with HIV every day in the world; annually about 1 million die from complications of this disease. It should be noted that only 71% of those infected are aware of their status, all the rest continue to serve as a potential source of the spread of this terrible infection.

HIV-induced diseases in adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Olga Petrishcheva
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
World War I ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
The Body ◽  
Infected People ◽  
First Case ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Now, when the coronavirus pandemic has swept the whole world, few people recall that AIDS was called the plague of XX century. Manifestations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are the terminal stage of infection of the body with the human immunodeficiency virus, which belongs to retroviruses and leads to the development of secondary immunodeficiency. The first case of HIV infection in an adult was described in 1981 in America. A young homosexual sought help for a fungal infection resistant to treatment in one of the hospitals of San Francisco. Some time after the treatment, pneumonia developed in the young man, from the complications of which he soon died. Human immunodeficiency virus got its name only in 1982, and the disease caused by it began to be called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Today there are more than 40 million infected people in the world, 2/3 of whom live in Africa. Nearly 100 million people have been infected with HIV since the beginning of the epidemic, and the number of victims is twice as much as the number of people killed in the World War I. Despite the fact that this infection is not transmitted by airborne droplets, in the household and via contact, the growth rate of this disease continues to shock. So, every day about 5 thousand people in the world become infected with HIV, about 1 million die every year from the complications of this disease. It should be noted that only 71% of infected people know about their status, while all the rest continue to be a potential source of the spread of this terrible infection.

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