Banderas Montalvo E
Pulmonology Department, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Avenida de Cordova S/N 28041 Madrid,
Spain
Research Article
Cerebral Tuberculoma in a Lung Transplant Patient
Author(s): Banderas Montalvo E, Pérez González V, Alonso Moralejo R, Ruiz Morales J and De Pablo Gafas ABanderas Montalvo E, Pérez González V, Alonso Moralejo R, Ruiz Morales J and De Pablo Gafas A
The risk of infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in transplanted patients increases 20-74 times compared to general population, with an incidence in Spain from 0, 4-0, 8%, and is higher in lung transplant patients. Almost 50% of the tuberculosis cases might be disseminated. The infection of central nervous system (CNS) is not common, less than 1%, presenting as meningitis, tuberculomas or cerebral abscess. We present a 55 years old patient with a diagnosis of lung tuberculosis 40 months after lung transplantation. One month later, he started with neurologic symptoms and persistent fever, with radiologic findings compatible with cerebral tuberculomas. Corticoid therapy was added to tuberculostatic treatment. One month later, he presented seizures that were controlled with anticonvulsant treatment. In every transplanted patient with space occupying lesions in central nervous s.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/1948-5948.1000217