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18616150

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
We report a 62-year-old woman presenting with nocardia brain abscess that mimics metastatic brain tumor. Six months before admission to our hospital, she presented with persistent hemoptysis, and a friable endobronchial mass was detected at another hospital. However, a definite diagnosis had not been made, and then she presented with hemianopia. Her laboratory analysis results showed that she had no immunological abnormalities. T1-weighted magnetic resonance images of the brain with Gd-DTPA revealed hyperintensive multiple masses with surrounding edema. We suspected this case as metastatic brain tumor of unknown origin, and the patient underwent biopsy of the supraclavicular lymph node. Histopathology results indicated abscess, and gram staining of material obtained from the abscess showed Gram-variable rods, which were determined upon culture as acid-fast Gram-positive branching rods and identified as Nocardia asteroides. Accordingly, we diagnosed the patient as having nocardia brain abscess, and she was treated with an oral antibiotic (TMP-SMX). Four months later, the abscesses disappeared. The patient recovered after prolonged TMP-SMX therapy with no recurrence in over 9 months.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0009-918X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
401-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
[Case report of nocardia brain abscess that needs to be distinguished from metastatic brain tumor].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Anjo Kosei Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports