Cryptogenic left parieto-occipital brain abscess in a previously healthy 24 year old woman

A progressively enlarging cystic renal mass in a previously healthy 48-year-old woman.

A 48-year-old previously healthy woman was referred for evaluation of a cystic right renal mass. The mass was first noted in 1991 when an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a 6 × 6-cm cystic mass with internal septations located in the mid right kidney. CT-guided aspiration was performed and cytologic evaluation of the specimen revealed no evidence of malignancy. Over the next sev...

Group A Streptococcus Brain Abscess in a Previously Healthy Child

Multiple skull osteomas in a 24‐year‐old woman

A cranial osteoma typically develops in the accessory nasal sinus of young and middle aged women.1–3 In contrast, a giant osteoma (≥ 10 cm diameter) preferentially grows on the parietal skull1 as a single lesion. A 24yearold woman developed a series of lumps on the scalp of the right frontal to parietal skull since her teens. From the age of 20, the cephalic lump gradually grew (Figure 1). No h...

A 24-year-old man with previously diagnosed hemophilia.

A 24-year-old Middle Eastern man diagnosed with hemophilia at the age of 4 or 5 years presented to the hematology clinic for follow-up after a recent hospitalization for excessive bleeding from an accidental knife cut. The patient reported a history of prolonged bleeding after teeth extractions, an upper gastrointestinal bleed 3 years previously, and excessive bruising since childhood. He denie...

A 35-year-old woman with prior renal transplantation admitted with a temporal brain abscess.

Diagnosis: Cladophialophora bantiana brain abscess. Cladophialophora are dematiaceous molds typically found in soil and decaying plants [1]. The various Cladophialophora species are responsible for a diversity of disease states, including brain abscesses (C. bantiana), chromoblastomycosis, and other skin infections (C. carionii and C. boppii) [2]. C. bantiana is the most common fungus to cause ...