Author/Authors :
Aghazadeh، Kouros نويسنده Shahid Behshti University of Medical Sciences ,Tehran,Iran Aghazadeh, Kouros , Nadji، Seyed Alireza نويسنده Virology Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, TEHRAN-IRAN. , , Shokouhi، Shervin نويسنده , , Tabarsi، Payam نويسنده , , Niyati، Raziyeh نويسنده Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Behshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran ,
Abstract :
Cryptococcal meningitis is a rare disorder that is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans in immunocompromised host. The case was a 64-year-old man with a history of stem cell transplant for acute leukemia, who presented chronic meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and concurrent neoplastic meningitis with presence of malignant cells only in his cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Chronic meningitis in immunocompromised hosts can be due to more than one pathologic etiology and we should do all diagnostic evaluation to rule out all possible differential diagnosis.
