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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis and Vasculitis by Cryptococcosis in a Non-HIV Patient: A Case Report.

Michael Ariza-Varon, Nicolas Soto-Moreno, Nicole Pinzon, Natalia Camacho, Juan D Vallejo Fernández

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Michael Ariza-VaronDepartamento de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Méderi, Bogotá, Colombia.
Nicolas Soto-MorenoDepartamento de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Méderi, Bogotá, Colombia.
Nicole PinzonDepartamento de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Méderi, Bogotá, Colombia.
Natalia CamachoFacultad de Medicina, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Juan D Vallejo FernándezDepartamento de Neurología, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia.

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Abstract

Introduction: Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection with frequent involvement of the central nervous system, particularly in patients immunocompromised by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Its essential neurological presentation is meningoencephalitis, with exceptional spinal cord involvement. We present the case of an immunocompetent patient with myelitis and vasculitis caused by Clinical Case: A 59-year-old male patient with diabetes mellitus presented with 2 weeks of lower limb weakness, vertigo, and urinary retention with subsequent loss of alertness. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis, venous sinus thrombosis, and multiple cerebral infarcts involving the cerebellum, basal ganglia, and corpus callosum. Cerebrospinal fluid confirmed Discussion: Myelitis of infectious origin is predominantly viral and bacterial. Spinal cord involvement by Conclusion:

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Central nervous system infectionsCryptococcusLongitudinally extensive transverse myelitisSinus thrombosisSpinal cord diseases

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