Sudden blindness due to bilateral optic neuropathy associated with cryptococcal meningitis in an AIDS patient.
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BACKGROUND Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent and severe AIDS defining illnesses. AIMS We present a patient with advanced HIV/AIDS disease and a diffuse meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans. The patient developed an acute and bilateral blindness associated with high cerebrospinal fluid pressure and optic neuropathy. METHODS Post-mortem anatomopathologic study revealed a high number of Cryptococcus in the central nervous system, including the optic nerves and the optic chiasm. CONCLUSION The patient's sudden visual loss appeared to be related to the perineuritic arachnoiditis and the massive invasion of the optic nerves by the fungus.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Revista iberoamericana de micologia
دوره 27 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010