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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2013

Locked-in syndrome after basilary artery thrombosis by mucormycosis masquerading as meningoencephalitis in a lymphoma patient.

Fausto Maffini, Emilia Cocorocchio, Giancarlo Pruneri, Guido Bonomo, Fedro Peccatori, Laura Chiapparini, Silvia Di Vincenzo, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Viale

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fausto MaffiniDivision of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy.
Emilia CocorocchioDivision of Haematoncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy.
Giancarlo PruneriDivision of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy.
Guido BonomoDivision of Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy.
Fedro PeccatoriDivision of Haematoncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy.
Laura ChiappariniDivision of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy.
Silvia Di VincenzoDivision of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy.
Giovanni MartinelliDivision of Haematoncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy.
Giuseppe VialeDivision of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy ; University of Milan School of Medicine, Milan 20141, Italy.
European Institute of Oncology · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Locked-in syndrome is a rare clinical syndrome due to basilary artery thrombosis generally associated with trauma, vascular, or cardiac malformation. It can present as various types of clinical evolution and occasionally masquerades as other pathological conditions, such as infective meningoencephalitis. These complications are the cause of diagnostic delay, if not promptly recognised, followed by patient death. We report the case of a 42-year-old female with a systemic B and cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, with a severe neutropenia lasting over a year, who eventually developed a rapid and fatal fungal mucormycosis sepsis following a skin infection on her right arm, associated with locked-in syndrome and meningoencephalitis.

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cutaneous lymphomasinfectious diseasemucorales fungimycosisoncologystrokethrombosis

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PMID24386011
PMCPMC3869474
OpenAlexW1822089842

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