Unilateral Flaccid Paraplegia Associated with Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Document Type : Case Report

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Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) can be associated with several neurological complications. Abscess in the brain in patients diagnosed with CGD has been reported in several publications. Different pathogens have been linked with brain abscess development including fungal or bacterial infections. Other neurologic complications may include white matter disease and formation of a granulomatous lesion in the central nervous system. In addition to these common reports, observation of leptomeningeal, along with focal brain infiltration by pigmented, lipid-laden macrophages, fungal brain infection, Aspergillus abscess resembling a brain tumor, spinal cord infection by Aspergillus, and fungal granuloma of the brain have also been described. Physicians should be aware of Streptococcus- and Candida-induced meningitis in a selected group of CGD patients as well. Herein, we report a case of the attenuated ill-defined lesion in the right cerebellar hemisphere in a CGD patient without involvement of the sinuses or lungs.

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Immunology and Genetics Journal
Volume 2, Issue 2
June 2019
Pages 84-89

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