Radiology Case of the Month: Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia.
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A 39 year-old male with a history of diabetes, retinitis pigmentosa, and genital warts presented with intractable occipital headaches accompanied with nausea and vomiting. The patient had markedly depressed CD4 counts. Furthermore the patient tested negative for HIV and HTLV 1/2 and had normal immunoglobulin levels. During hospital course the patient underwent a lumbar puncture and multiple imaging exams, including both CT and MR. Except for occasional nausea and vomiting controlled by therapeutic lumbar punctures, phenergan, and dilaudid the patient's hospital course was uncomplicated.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society
دوره 169 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017