Neuroaspergillosis as the Presenting Sign of a Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Pediatr Neurol. 2020 Jan:102:79-80. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.08.008. Epub 2019 Aug 24.

Authors

Giulia Salomone¹, Piero Pavone², Filippo Greco², Pierluigi Smilari², Agata Fiumara², Andrea D Praticò³

Affiliations

¹ Residency Program in Pediatrics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
² Unit of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
³ Unit of Rare Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31570298
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.08.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Brain; Chronic granulomatous disease; Inflammation; Neuroaspergillosis; White matter involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Female
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / complications
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / diagnosis*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neuroaspergillosis / diagnosis*
Neuroaspergillosis / diagnostic imaging
Neuroaspergillosis / etiology
Neuroaspergillosis / microbiology