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Gerzaín Rodríguez
2002-06-01
Full Text Available La angiomatosis bacilar es una enfermedad bacteriana que afecta a pacientes inmunodeprimidos; compromete cualquier tejido, especialmente la piel y se presenta como pápulas, nódulos o tumores angiomatosos. Estudiamos tres hombres jóvenes con sida, positivos para VIH desde hace 4 años; presentaron 1 o 2 pápulas, nódulos o tumores subcutáneos, que sugirieron granulomas telangiectásicos, sarcomas y lipomas. Microscópicamente se confundieron con granulomas telangiectásicos, sarcoma de Kaposi y ?angioma con inflamación secundaria?. La revisión de la histopatología con coloraciones de hematoxilina-eosina (HE, Warthin-Starry (WS y microscopía óptica de alta resolución (MOAR mostró su constitución por vasos de endotelio prominente y estroma rico en polimorfonucleares con leucocitoclasia. Se vieron depósitos fibrinoides vecinos a los vasos y masas eosinófilas, granulares, intersticiales, correspondientes a los acúmulos de Bartonella, criterios que permiten el diagnóstico confiable de la angiomatosis bacilar a la HE. La coloración de WS no fue útil; mediante inclusión del tejido en resinas y microscopia electrónica, a partir del material incluido en parafina (MOAR, se demostraron acúmulos de bacterias, tanto en el corte semifino como con microscopia electrónica, confirmándose el diagnóstico de angiomatosis bacilar. Los pacientes curaron con tratamiento quirúrgico y con eritromicina o doxiciclina. Revisamos la entidad y los diagnósticos diferenciales con granulomas telangiectásicos, sarcoma de Kaposi, enfermedad de Carrión y enfermedad por arañazo de gato. En conclusión, demostramos la angiomatosis bacilar en 3 pacientes, mostramos su histopatología típica con la HE y demostramos las bacterias causales con la técnica de MOAR y el microscopio electrónico; es esencial reconocerla porque la entidad es curable con antibióticos.
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Ocular bacillary angiomatosis in an immunocompromised man.
Murray, Meltzer A; Zamecki, Katherine J; Paskowski, Joseph; Lelli, Gary J
2010-01-01
An immunocompromised man presented with an inflammatory eyelid lesion. Biopsy was performed; histopathology and special staining confirmed a diagnosis of bacillary angiomatosis. The man was treated with oral erythromycin, and the lesion resolved. The etiologic agents of bacillary angiomatosis are Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana, Gram-negative coccobacilli. The organisms stain positively with the Warthin-Starry silver stain. Lesions can be cutaneous or visceral and have been commonly described in immunocompromised patients. Histopathologic examination of lesions reveals angiogenesis and cellular proliferation. Bacillary angiomatosis can be treated with oral antibiotics.
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Cutaneous angiomatosis in a llama (Lama glama).
Luppi, M M; Malta, M C C; Ocarino, N M; França, S A; Serakides, R
2010-01-01
Cutaneous angiomatosis was diagnosed in an adult female llama (Lama glama). Lesions were raised or plaque-like, erythematous, firm to soft in consistency and were observed on the face and skin of the axillary, abdominal, perineal and inguinal regions. The lesions were not painful or pruritic. Microscopical examination revealed an irregular parakeratotic lamellar hyperkeratosis associated with diffuse proliferation of arterioles and venules in the superficial dermis. Immunohistochemical analysis determined that the cells forming these vessels and perivascular cells expressed factor VIII-related antigen, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), CD31 and smooth-muscle alpha-actin. These studies confirmed the diagnosis of cutaneous angiomatosis. Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Cystic angiomatosis with splenic involvement: unusual MRI findings
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Vanhoenacker, F.M. [Dept. of Radiology, Univ. Hospital Antwerp, Edegem (Belgium); Dept. of Radiology, AZ St-Maarten, Campus Duffel, Duffel (Belgium); Schepper, A.M. [Dept. of Radiology, Univ. Hospital Antwerp, Edegem (Belgium); Raeve, H. [Dept. of Pathology, Univ. Hospital Antwerp, Edegem (Belgium); Berneman, Z. [Dept. of Hematology, Univ. Hospital Antwerp, Edegem (Belgium)
2003-12-01
Cystic angiomatosis is a rare disorder with a poor prognosis. We describe a case of a 33-year-old woman who presented with longstanding bone pain, hemolytic anemia, and an enlarged spleen. Radiologically, multiple osseous lesions with a mixed pattern of lytic and sclerotic areas were seen within the shoulders, spine, and pelvis. On CT and MRI of the abdomen, the spleen was markedly enlarged, with internal hyperdense foci on non-contrast CT scan, corresponding to low signal intensity areas on all MR pulse sequences. After administration of contrast, a mottled enhancement pattern throughout the entire spleen was seen both on CT and MRI. Cystic angiomatosis was proven by histological analysis of a biopsy specimen of an involved vertebra and histopathological examination of the spleen after subsequent splenectomy. This is the first report of a patient with disseminated cystic angiomatosis with splenic involvement in which the MRI features differ from the previous reports. Instead of the usual pattern consisting of multiple well-defined cystic lesions, a diffuse involvement replacing the entire spleen, with heterogeneous signal intensities on T2-weighted images and heterogeneous enhancement pattern, was seen in our patient. (orig.)
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Cystic angiomatosis with splenic involvement: unusual MRI findings
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Vanhoenacker, F.M.; Schepper, A.M.; Raeve, H.; Berneman, Z.
2003-01-01
Cystic angiomatosis is a rare disorder with a poor prognosis. We describe a case of a 33-year-old woman who presented with longstanding bone pain, hemolytic anemia, and an enlarged spleen. Radiologically, multiple osseous lesions with a mixed pattern of lytic and sclerotic areas were seen within the shoulders, spine, and pelvis. On CT and MRI of the abdomen, the spleen was markedly enlarged, with internal hyperdense foci on non-contrast CT scan, corresponding to low signal intensity areas on all MR pulse sequences. After administration of contrast, a mottled enhancement pattern throughout the entire spleen was seen both on CT and MRI. Cystic angiomatosis was proven by histological analysis of a biopsy specimen of an involved vertebra and histopathological examination of the spleen after subsequent splenectomy. This is the first report of a patient with disseminated cystic angiomatosis with splenic involvement in which the MRI features differ from the previous reports. Instead of the usual pattern consisting of multiple well-defined cystic lesions, a diffuse involvement replacing the entire spleen, with heterogeneous signal intensities on T2-weighted images and heterogeneous enhancement pattern, was seen in our patient. (orig.)
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Walford, N.; van der Wouw, P. A.; Das, P. K.; ten Velden, J. J.; Hulsebosch, H. J.
1990-01-01
A rare vascular proliferation found as a skin lesion in patients suffering from the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and sometimes referred to as epithelioid angiomatosis is believed to be a manifestation of infection by the cat scratch bacillus or a related organism. We describe the histological
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Systemic Cystic Angiomatosis Mimicking Metastatic Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Vivek Kumar
2017-01-01
Full Text Available Systemic cystic angiomatosis is a rare benign disorder due to the maldeveloped vascular and lymphatic system with less than 50 cases reported in literature so far. We report here a case of systemic cystic angiomatosis (SCA with multisystem involvement affecting the neck, thyroid, thoracic cavity, and skeletal system. The patient initially presented in her 4th decade of life with isolated lymphangioma in the neck requiring surgery. However, she experienced full-blown manifestations of SCA in her 6th decade which closely mimicked metastatic cancer. The diagnosis of SCA could only be established after multiple biopsies. The radiological and histological features of SCA with its course over 31 years in this patient have been described.
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Leptomeningeal angiomatosis of the left occipital surface detected by CT scan
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Niiro, Masaki; Mihara, Tadahiro; Maeda, Yoshiki; Awa, Hiroshi; Kadota, Koki; Asakura, Tetsuhiko
1982-01-01
A case of left occipital leptomeningeal angiomatosis was reported. The patient was a 12-year-old boy who had episodes of severe vascular type headache accompanied by transient right homonymous hemianopsia. CT scan showed localized superficial high density area in the left occipital pole. Remarkable enhancement of the lower and inner surface of the left occipital lobe was demonstrated. Angiography showed poor filling of the distal portion of the left posterior cerebral artery. Skull tomograms showed linear calcifications in the left occipital region. Brain scan showed increased RI uptake in the left occipital region. During operation, the surface of the left occipital lobe was covered by excessive, fine, vascular networks which extended over the arachnoid membrane. The abnormal vessels were cauterized by a CO 2 laser as throughly as possible. The occipital pole, felt gritty. Histologically, the abnormal vessels had spread into the subarachnoid space and were predominantly veins with thin and enlarged walls. The abnormal vessels followed the leptomeninges in the sulci of the cerebral cortex. Underneath the abnormal vessels, in the external layers of the cerebral cortex, calcium deposits were scattered and gliosis and degeneration of the ganglion cells were observed. The lesion was comparable with leptomeningeal angiomatosis. Though the pathological findings of the specimen, CT findings, and brain scan findings were extremely similar to those of Sturge-Weber disease, in this case, the typical clinical and roentgenographic findings of Sturge-Weber disease were all absent. (author)
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A case of bacillary angiomatosis developed at a burn site
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Ayse Albayrak
2012-01-01
Full Text Available Bacillary Angiomatosis (BA is frequently seen in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-induced immunodeficiency. Our patient was a case that developed granuloma-like lesions in the area of a burn, 8 days after being burnt on the upper right arm by scalding water. No indication of immune deficiency was observed and no history of direct contact with cats was evident. By the sixth day of the patient′s admission to our clinic, some of the lesions had reached a diameter of 2.5 cm. An excision biopsy was carried out from the lesions present on the patient. Electron microscopy revealed solitary bacilli located close to the capillary wall. Oral erythromycin treatment was implemented at 250 mg, 4 times a day for 2.5 months. Within this period of treatment, the lesions regressed completely, and a complete cure was achieved. This case demonstrates that BA must be considered in the differential diagnosis of both HIV-infected and immunocompetent patients.
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Aviv, R.I.; McHugh, K.; Hunt, J.
2001-01-01
The application of cross-sectional imaging in the investigation of patients with angiomatosis reveals that lymphangiomatosis and vanishing bone disease should not be considered as separate entities, but rather as a spectrum of disease. We present a pictorial review of eight patients demonstrating the manifestations of soft tissue and bony involvement. We highlight a subgroup of patients with chyloid pleural effusions who have a poor prognosis. Aviv, R. I. et al. (2001)
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Olivieri, Lara; Nardini, Giordano; Pengo, Graziano; Abramo, Francesca
2010-10-01
A 10-year old, female, cocker spaniel was presented with a bleeding lesion on the muzzle and nasal planum observed initially as a small raised nodule at 1 year of age. This became clinically more pronounced at 5 years of age, progressively enlarged thereafter and was diagnosed initially as a vascular tumour. On clinical examination, multiple confluent nodules of variable diameter (0.5-1.5 cm) deformed the outline of the nose. Histological examination revealed a progressive angiomatosis with multifocal infiltrative growth of increased dermal vascularization with different sized and type of anastomosing vessels lined by a monolayer of reactive endothelium, often arranged as papillary projections into the lumina. Partial nosectomy, the first therapeutic approach, was unsuccessful and the lesion relapsed within 6 months. However, subsequent laser photocoagulation therapy provided a good cosmetic outcome, no relapse 1 year later, and appeared to provide an effective alternative to ablation surgery. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 ESVD and ACVD.
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Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho
2003-10-01
Full Text Available A angiomatose bacilar é uma das bartoneloses humanas. É doença sistêmica de manifestação cutânea freqüente. Caracteriza-se por lesões angioproliferativas causadas pela Bartonella henselae e pela B. quintana, que comprometem especialmente indivíduos imunodeficientes. Deve ser bem conhecida pelos dermatologistas, pois é potencialmente fatal, mas responsiva à antibioterapia. Para estabelecer o diagnóstico nosológico eles deverão sugeri-lo ao anatomopatologista, facilitando a diferenciação histológica, sobretudo, com o granuloma piogênico e o sarcoma de Kaposi. O presente artigo apresenta revisão da literatura e fotografias clínicas, de microscopia de luz e eletrônica de transmissão.Bacillary angiomatosis is one of the human bartoneloses. It is a systemic disease usually affecting the skin. Its angioproliferative lesions are caused by B. henselae and by B. quintana. Such lesions are more frequent in immunodeficient hosts. Dermatologists must be well aware of this disease because it is potentially fatal, though it is treatable with antibiotic therapy. To establish a nosologic diagnosis, dermatologists should refer patients to a pathologist. In so doing, they will facilitate histologic differentiation especially from pyogenic granuloma and Kaposi's sarcoma. This paper presents a literature review of the disease, and includes clinical, light and transmission electron microscope photographs.
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Marchiori, Edson [Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, RJ (Brazil). Dept. de Radiologia]|[Universidade Federal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil); Pereira, Abercio Arantes [Universidade Federal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). Faculdade de Medicina
1995-07-01
The radiological findings of eight patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who developed bone lesions were analyzed in conjunction with twelve similar published cases. Our series included three patients with lymphoma, two with bacillary angiomatosis, two with tuberculosis and one with staphylococcal osteomyelitis. All the lesions were lithic regardless of the etiology. Both in our cases and in those previously published bone repair was only seen in cases of bacillary angiomatosis treated with erythromycin. No pathognomonic findings were observed. However, the association of skin and bone lesions in immuno deficient patients should always bring the consideration of bacillary angiomatosis in the differential diagnosis. This is particularly relevant since this a condition amenable to treatment once correctly identified. The radiological findings in the lymphoma and tuberculosis patients have not been described previously. (author). 9 refs., 7 figs., 3 tabs.
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Osseous involvement in AIDS patients
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Marchiori, Edson; Pereira, Abercio Arantes
1995-01-01
The radiological findings of eight patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who developed bone lesions were analyzed in conjunction with twelve similar published cases. Our series included three patients with lymphoma, two with bacillary angiomatosis, two with tuberculosis and one with staphylococcal osteomyelitis. All the lesions were lithic regardless of the etiology. Both in our cases and in those previously published bone repair was only seen in cases of bacillary angiomatosis treated with erythromycin. No pathognomonic findings were observed. However, the association of skin and bone lesions in immuno deficient patients should always bring the consideration of bacillary angiomatosis in the differential diagnosis. This is particularly relevant since this a condition amenable to treatment once correctly identified. The radiological findings in the lymphoma and tuberculosis patients have not been described previously. (author). 9 refs., 7 figs., 3 tabs
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Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho
2006-08-01
Full Text Available Várias dermatoses são consideradas idiopáticas. Muitas vezes, afecções como eritema nodoso ou eritema multiforme, por exemplo, não podem ter sua etiologia definida. A infecção humana por Bartonella spp. pode determinar várias expressões clínicas sindrômicas. A partir de um caso de angiomatose bacilar com documentação clínica, histológica e ultra-estrutural, foi feita a revisão da literatura médica para avaliar os critérios diagnósticos disponíveis para a infecção por esses agentes. Conclui-se que a avaliação histológica é, na prática, um importante e útil método diagnóstico, especialmente quando a sorologia não estiver disponível.Several dermatoses are considered idiopathic diseases. Many times lesions such as erythema nodosum or erythema multiformis, for example, cannot have their etiology defined. Human infection caused by Bartonella spp. may determine several clinical syndromic expressions. Starting with a clinically, histologically and ultrastructurally documented bacillary angiomatosis case, a review of medical literature was undertaken to evaluate the available diagnostic criteria regarding infection caused by these agents. Histological evaluations were concluded to be, practically speaking, an important and useful diagnostic method, especially when serology is not available.
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Eike Garbers
2011-01-01
Full Text Available Massive osteolysis known as Gorham-Stout disease is a rare idiopathic disorder typically affecting long bones in a unifocal pattern. Angiomatosis is strongly connected to the osteolysis. Weather angiomatosis is the cause or the result of osteolysis is subject of intense discussion (Kawasaki et al. (2003, Möller et al. (1999, Radhakrishnan and Rockson (2008. There are about 200 cases described since 1955. Our patient is a 77-year-old female patient with osteolyses of both shoulders involving the proximal humerus, lateral clavicle, and the glenoid. Under bisphosphonate therapy, the progressive osteolysis stopped on the right side and showed progression on the left. With the patient complaining about severe rest pain and impaired function, we performed surgical reconstruction by implantation of total shoulder prosthesis three months after onset of symptoms. Our case shows a possibility of primary and early surgical reconstruction with good clinical outcome.
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Natarajan Manivannan
2012-01-01
Full Text Available Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis (Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rather uncommon congenital condition characterized by the combination of venous angioma of the leptomeninges over the cerebral cortex with ipsilateral angiomatous lesions of the face, and sometimes the skull, jaws, and oral soft tissues. A case of portwine stain with intraoral gingival hemangioma is presented. There were no other systemic manifestations. Patient reported with a complaint of localized tumor-like swelling in gums. Based on the presence of sharply demarcated vascular lesion unilaterally on the face and with ipsilateral intraoral vascular hyperplasia in the lip and gingiva, a variant of encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis was diagnosed. Ultrasound Doppler flowmetry was used to determine the blood flow. Dental management included plaque control instructions, scaling, root planning, and excision of the lesion done under general anesthesia. Close follow-up and meticulous plaque control have kept the oral condition under fairly good control.
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Angiography, gingival hyperplasia and Sturge-Weber syndrome: report of case.
Wilson, S; Venzel, J M; Miller, R
1986-01-01
This syndrome, also known as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a condition with multiple clinical findings, including vascular anomalies and intraoral involvement. The patient was a nine-year-old black boy with Sturge-Weber syndrome. He had a lesion removed and diagnosed as pyogenic granuloma. There were no complications and the tissue healed normally.
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Meningio- angiomatosis — case report and subject review
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showed multiple areas of hyperinten- sity in the left parietal lobe extending in a linear radial fashion along a num- ber of gyni and sulci over the surface of the brain (Fig. 1a). Moderate con- trast enhancement was seen adjacent to some of these hyperintensities (Fig. 1b). The hyperintense areas appeared denser than blood.
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Primary bone tumours in infants
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Kozlowski, K.; Beluffi, G.; Cohen, D.H.; Padovani, J.; Tamaela, L.; Azouz, M.; Bale, P.; Martin, H.C.; Nayanar, V.V.; Arico, M.
1985-09-01
Ten cases of primary bone tumours in infants (1 osteosarcoma, 3 Ewing's sarcoma, 1 chondroblastoma and 5 angiomastosis) are reported. All cases of angiomatosis showed characteristic radiographic findings. In all the other tumours the X-ray appearances were different from those usually seen in older children and adolescents. In the auhtors' opinion the precise diagnosis of malignant bone tumours in infancy is very difficult as no characteristic X-ray features are present in this age period.
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Bacillary angiomatosis: A rare finding in the setting of antiretroviral ...
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eases in humans.[1] The two most commonly associated with HIV are B. quintana and. B. henselae.[1,2,5] Transmission of Bartonella to humans occurs via a cat scratch that is contaminated with Bartonella-infected fleas.[1,2,5,6] The prevalence of Bartonella in. HIV-positive persons is reported to be very. CASE REPORT.
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Shantala Arunkumar
2014-07-01
Full Text Available Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS also known as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis. It is a neurocutaneous syndrome, characterized by a facial vascular birthmark and neurological abnormalities. An ipsilateral or bilateral facial cutaneous vascular malformation Port Wine Stain (PWS usually affects the upper face. Other clinical manifestations are seizures, glaucoma, hemiparesis, mental retardation and delayed developmental milestones. The main objective of this case report is to unravel such a rarest syndrome with bilateral port-wine stain, which has intraoral manifestation of pyogenic granuloma involving gingiva in an 11 year old boy.
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Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of glaucoma associated with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Javaid, Usman; Ali, Muhammad Hassaan; Jamal, Samreen; Butt, Nadeem Hafeez
2018-02-01
Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), also known as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a condition which includes leptomeningeal hemangioma, facial angiomatosis or nevus flammeus, and ocular changes. SWS can lead to severe complications of anterior segment involving conjunctiva and eyelids, whereas posterior segment of the eye may also be affected by diffuse choroidal hemorrhages. This article was written with the objectives to determine the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of glaucoma associated with this rare and challenging disorder. A detailed literature search was conducted on PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar using the key words. Forty-five articles matched our inclusion criteria that were included in this systematic review. Glaucoma is the one of the commonest ocular manifestations of SWS. It is caused by anterior chamber malformations, increased pressure in the episcleral veins, and changes in ocular hemodynamics. Glaucoma associated with SWS is usually congenital but can develop adults as well. The treatment of glaucoma associated with SWS is quite challenging because of early-onset, severe visual field impairment at the time of diagnosis, and unresponsiveness to standard medical treatment. Several surgical procedures have been devised but the long-term control of the intraocular pressure and visual function remain unsatisfactory. Modifications in the filtration surgery techniques and use of newer anti-fibrotic agents have produced good control of intraocular pressure. Management of glaucoma associated with SWS is multi-dimensional and needs both medical and surgical interventions for better control. The treatment should be devised on case to case basis depending upon the intraocular pressure, stage of the disease, and type of glaucoma.
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Hemodynamics in the Sturge-Weber syndrome utilizing stable Xe-CT
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Okudaira, Yojiro; Bandoh, Kuniaki; Ito, Masanori; Sato, Kiyoshi; Tsuji, Masahiro
1993-01-01
In 4 Sturge-Weber-syndrome child patients with calcified lesions mainly in the occipital lobe, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was determined with stable Xe-CT in the resting state and after iv injection of acetazolamide (AA) and megimide (M), with the purpose of examining factors affecting deterioration of neurologic manifestations and the influence of lobectomy. In the resting state, rCBF of the temporal and occipital areas was significantly lower on the affected than unaffected sides. The side-to-side asymmetry of rCBF in the affected and unaffected sides decreased from the frontal to temporal and occipital areas. It was indistinct after AA injection because cerebral vasoreactivity became higher on the affected side. A low rCBF in association with a high cerebral vasoreactivity on the lesion side suggested that the low rCBF matched the low cerebral metabolism of the brain area affected by leptomeningeal angiomatosis. However, cerebral vasoreactivity to AA depended on clinical presentations. Two patients presented with progressive mental retardation. The other two patients were in clinically stable condition. Cerebral vasoreactivity to AA in the former two cases was poorer on both the affected and unaffected sides than that in the latter two cases. M administration was associated with a significantly decreased rCBF in the area of leptomeningeal angiomatosis and cerebral calcification and with a significantly increased rCBF of the 'pericalcified' area. In one patient undergoing extended occipital lobectomy on the affected side, no decrease in rCBF was noted in the resting state in either affected or unaffected side, and cerebral vasoreactivity to AM on the unaffected side was apparently increased. Both circulatory disturbance and seizure appear to play a role in clinical presentations, as well as their deterioration in Sturge-Weber-Syndrome patients. (N.K.)
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Okudaira, Yojiro; Bandoh, Kuniaki; Ito, Masanori; Sato, Kiyoshi; Tsuji, Masahiro (Juntendo Univ., Tokyo (Japan). School of Medicine)
1993-02-01
In 4 Sturge-Weber-syndrome child patients with calcified lesions mainly in the occipital lobe, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was determined with stable Xe-CT in the resting state and after iv injection of acetazolamide (AA) and megimide (M), with the purpose of examining factors affecting deterioration of neurologic manifestations and the influence of lobectomy. In the resting state, rCBF of the temporal and occipital areas was significantly lower on the affected than unaffected sides. The side-to-side asymmetry of rCBF in the affected and unaffected sides decreased from the frontal to temporal and occipital areas. It was indistinct after AA injection because cerebral vasoreactivity became higher on the affected side. A low rCBF in association with a high cerebral vasoreactivity on the lesion side suggested that the low rCBF matched the low cerebral metabolism of the brain area affected by leptomeningeal angiomatosis. However, cerebral vasoreactivity to AA depended on clinical presentations. Two patients presented with progressive mental retardation. The other two patients were in clinically stable condition. Cerebral vasoreactivity to AA in the former two cases was poorer on both the affected and unaffected sides than that in the latter two cases. M administration was associated with a significantly decreased rCBF in the area of leptomeningeal angiomatosis and cerebral calcification and with a significantly increased rCBF of the 'pericalcified' area. In one patient undergoing extended occipital lobectomy on the affected side, no decrease in rCBF was noted in the resting state in either affected or unaffected side, and cerebral vasoreactivity to AM on the unaffected side was apparently increased. Both circulatory disturbance and seizure appear to play a role in clinical presentations, as well as their deterioration in Sturge-Weber-Syndrome patients. (N.K.).
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Sturge Weber Syndrome: review of literature with case illustration
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Satyarthee Guru Dutta
2017-03-01
Full Text Available Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS also called as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a sporadically occurring rare neuro-cutaneous syndrome, characterized by vascular malformation with capillary venous angiomas involving face, choroidal layer of eye globe and leptomeninges responsible for ophthamological as well as neurological signs and symptoms. Authors report an interesting case, a six year old girl, who presented with seizures, facial port wine stain and normal psychomotor development. CT scan showed left cerebral hemiatrophy, left frontal and parieto occipital calcification with cortical calcification in left high frontal convexity. Cranial MRI scan also confirmed finding of left cerebral hemiatrophy and also revealed presence of gyriform cortical calcification, prominent flow voids seen in left basal ganglia. Her seizure is well controlled with antiepileptic medication. The pertinent literature is reviewed and management of such cases is discussed briefly.
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Erick Huarcaya
2011-06-01
Full Text Available Human Bartonellosis has an acute phase characterized by fever and hemolytic anemia, and a chronic phase with bacillary angiomatosis-like lesions. This cross-sectional pilot study evaluated the immunology patterns using pre- and post-treatment samples in patients with Human Bartonellosis. Patients between five and 60 years of age, from endemic areas in Peru, in the acute or chronic phases were included. In patients in the acute phase of Bartonellosis a state of immune peripheral tolerance should be established for persistence of the infection. Our findings were that elevation of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and numeric abnormalities of CD4+ and CD8+ T-Lymphocyte counts correlated significantly with an unfavorable immune state. During the chronic phase, the elevated levels of IFN-γ and IL-4 observed in our series correlated with previous findings of endothelial invasion of B. henselae in animal models.
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Huarcaya, Erick; Best, Ivan; Rodriguez-Tafur, Juan; Maguiña, Ciro; Solórzano, Nelson; Menacho, Julio; Lopez De Guimaraes, Douglas; Chauca, Jose; Ventosilla, Palmira
2011-01-01
Human Bartonellosis has an acute phase characterized by fever and hemolytic anemia, and a chronic phase with bacillary angiomatosis-like lesions. This cross-sectional pilot study evaluated the immunology patterns using pre- and post-treatment samples in patients with Human Bartonellosis. Patients between five and 60 years of age, from endemic areas in Peru, in the acute or chronic phases were included. In patients in the acute phase of Bartonellosis a state of immune peripheral tolerance should be established for persistence of the infection. Our findings were that elevation of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and numeric abnormalities of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-Lymphocyte counts correlated significantly with an unfavorable immune state. During the chronic phase, the elevated levels of IFN-γ and IL-4 observed in our series correlated with previous findings of endothelial invasion of B. henselae in animal models.
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Síndrome de Sturge weber. Revisión
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Otman Fernández Concepción
1999-09-01
Full Text Available La angiomatosis encefalotrigeminal (síndrome de Sturge-Weber es el más frecuente de los síndromes neurocutáneos con predominio de anomalías vasculares. Es una enfermedad congénita, que aparece de manera esporádica y en su forma completa consiste en la asociación de angiomas cerebral, cutáneo y ocular que se caracterizan clínicamente por una mancha color vino en la cara, epilepsia, retraso mental, déficits neurológicos (hemiparesia y hemianopsia y glaucoma. Para el diagnóstico de la enfermedad resultan de mucha utilidad los estudios de tomografía axial computadorizada y resonancia magnética nuclear craneales, así como para estudiar la relación del angioma leptomeníngeo u atrofia subyacente, importantes para el pronóstico y la conducta médica que se debe seguir. El control de las crisis epilépticas constituye un elemento capital para una evolución favorable de los pacientes. El tratamiento quirúrgico debe ser reservado para enfermos de corta edad, con afectación unilateral exclusiva, con epilepsia refractaria y sin retraso mental profundo; mediante la resección del área afectada, lobectomía o hemisferectomía, siempre que el otro hemisferio esté intacto. Se profundiza en los aspectos clínicos, diagnósticos, patogénicos y terapéuticos de esta enfermedadThe encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis (Sterge-Weber syndrome is the commonest of the neurocutaneous syndromes with predominance of vascular anomalies. Its complete form consists in the association of cerebral, cutaneous and ocular angiomas, which are characterized by a wine-clored stain, epilepsy, mental retardation, neurological deficits (hemiparesis and hemianopsia and glaucoma. CAT and cranial magnetic resonance imaging are very useful for diagnosing the disease and for studying the extension of the leptomeningeal angioma or underlying atrophy. These studies are also important for the prognosis and medical conduct to be followed. The control of the epileptic seizures
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BASED TO CLINICAL CASE. VON HIPLEA-LINDAU SYNDROME
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Brzeziński Piotr
2011-01-01
Full Text Available von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL is a rare, genetic multi-system disorder characterized by the abnormal growth of tumors in certain parts of the body (angiomatosis. The tumors of the central nervous system (CNS are benign and are comprised of a nest of blood vessels and are called hemangioblastomas. Hemangioblastomas may develop in the brain, the retina of the eyes, and other areas of the nervous system. Other types of tumors develop in the adrenal glands, the kidneys, or the pancreas. Symptoms of VHL vary among patients and depend on the size and location of the tumors. Symptoms may include headaches, problems with balance and walking, dizziness, weakness of the limbs, vision problems, and high blood pressure. Cysts (fluid-filled sacs and/or tumors (benign or cancerous may develop around the hemangioblastomas and cause the symptoms listed above. Individuals with VHL are also at a higher risk than normal for certain types of cancer, especially kidney cancer. Based on the case of 30-year old patient with characteristics of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome as phakomatosis.
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An unusual outcome in a child with hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease.
Vukelić, Dalibor; Benić, Branka; Bozinović, Dragomir; Vuković, Branka; Dakovic Rode, Oktavija; Culig, Zdravka; Vuković, Jurica; Batinica, Stipe; Visnjić, Stjepan; Puljiz, Ivan
2006-10-01
Typical cat-scratch disease (Bartonella henselae infection) in an immunocompetent child is usually associated with a history of scratch, bite or intimate contact with a cat. Most patients develop a non-tender papule in the scratch line after three to ten days. This may persist for only a few days or as long as two to three weeks. During the next two weeks or more, regional lymph nodes that drain the area gradually enlarge and then slowly resolve in more than 10% of patients. The nodes develop overlying erythema and may suppurate. Atypical forms of cat-scratch disease occur in a minority of cases and are characterized by ocular or neurological manifestations, hepatosplenic involvement, vertebral osteomyelitis, endocarditis etc. Immunocompromised individuals with B. henselae infection may develop bacillary angiomatosis, bacillary peliosis, and relapsing bacteremia. There have been several reports of hepatosplenic granulomas caused by B. henselae in immunocompetent children. We report a case of a 6-year-old boy with the hepatosplenic form of cat-scratch disease. Despite early diagnosis and long-term antimicrobial treatment, splenectomy could not be avoided.
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Ernesto Cason
2013-03-01
Full Text Available Introduction: Angiomas are one of the most common primary tumors of the liver. Diffuse hepatic angiomatosis, however, is quite rare and usually observed in pediatric patients. We report a rare case of diffuse hepatic hemangiomatosis in a 33-year-old woman. Case report: The patient presented with abdominal pain and a palpable upper abdominal mass. Abdominal CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI findings suggested diffuse hepatic hemangiomatosis, but this finding was not confirmed by subsequent contrast-enhanced abdominal ultrasonography (US. The patient then underwent single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT/CT scintigraphy with Tc-99m-labeling of red blood cells (RBC. This examination revealed increased uptake of labeled erythrocytes in several of the hepatic lesions corresponding to CT and RM findings, thereby confirming the clinical hypothesis of diffuse hepatic hemangiomatosis. Discussion: RBC scintigraphy with SPECT/CT can facilitate the comparison of other crosssectional imaging methods such as CT and MRI. This case highlights the importance of a multiple-modality approach in the imaging diagnosis of this condition.
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Tehranzadeh, Jamshid; Ter-Oganesyan, Ramon R.; Steinbach, Lynne S.
2004-01-01
The musculoskeletal system can be affected by a variety of abnormalities in association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although not as common as complications involving other organ systems, such as the pulmonary and the central nervous systems, HIV-associated musculoskeletal disorders are sometimes the initial presentation of the viral illness. Knowledge of the existence and the characteristic appearance of the conditions affecting bone, joint, and muscle in HIV-infected patients is valuable to radiologists for diagnosis and to clinicians for detection and appropriate treatment. We reviewed recent literature to provide a comprehensive assessment of the HIV-associated musculoskeletal disorders, and present radiologic examples from our own collection. This article is divided into two parts. In the first part we review the infectious musculoskeletal disorders associated with HIV illness and AIDS, including cellulitis, abscesses, pyomyositis, septic bursitis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and bacillary angiomatosis. We also present a comprehensive spectrum of mycobacterial infections, consisting of tuberculous spondylitis and spondylodiskitis, arthritis, osteomyelitis, and tenosynovitis, as well as infections caused by atypical mycobacteria. Part II of this review will concentrate on non-infectious musculoskeletal conditions, including rheumatic disorders and neoplasms. (orig.)
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Tehranzadeh, Jamshid [Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California (United States); Department of Radiological Sciences, Rt. 140, 101 The City Drive ZC 5005, CA 92868-3298, Orange (United States); Ter-Oganesyan, Ramon R. [College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California (United States); Steinbach, Lynne S. [Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (United States)
2004-05-01
The musculoskeletal system can be affected by a variety of abnormalities in association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although not as common as complications involving other organ systems, such as the pulmonary and the central nervous systems, HIV-associated musculoskeletal disorders are sometimes the initial presentation of the viral illness. Knowledge of the existence and the characteristic appearance of the conditions affecting bone, joint, and muscle in HIV-infected patients is valuable to radiologists for diagnosis and to clinicians for detection and appropriate treatment. We reviewed recent literature to provide a comprehensive assessment of the HIV-associated musculoskeletal disorders, and present radiologic examples from our own collection. This article is divided into two parts. In the first part we review the infectious musculoskeletal disorders associated with HIV illness and AIDS, including cellulitis, abscesses, pyomyositis, septic bursitis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and bacillary angiomatosis. We also present a comprehensive spectrum of mycobacterial infections, consisting of tuberculous spondylitis and spondylodiskitis, arthritis, osteomyelitis, and tenosynovitis, as well as infections caused by atypical mycobacteria. Part II of this review will concentrate on non-infectious musculoskeletal conditions, including rheumatic disorders and neoplasms. (orig.)
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Kavita Diddi
2013-01-01
Full Text Available Background & objectives: Bartonella henselae is a fastidious gram-negative bacterium usually causing self limiting infections in immunocompetent individuals but often causes potentially life threatening infection, such as bacillary angiomatosis in immunocompromised patients. Both diagnosis of infections and research into molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis have been hindered by lack of appropriate and reliable diagnostic techniques. We undertook this study to standardize methods to characterize B. henselae in clinical samples to diagnose Bartonella infection correctly. Methods: B. henselae ATCC 49882 strain was procured from American type culture collection, USA. This strain was revived and maintained in the laboratory, and identification and characterization of this strain was done by conventional and molecular techniques, which included culture on various media, staining by different methods including electron microscopy, biochemical analysis by conventional methods and API, polymerase chain reaction (PCR for amplification of citrate synthase gene followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP. Results: This organism was biochemically inert due to slow growth and generated unique identification code with API. The amplification of the citrate-synthase gene with primers yielded a 381 bp product followed by specific RFLP profile for B. henselae. Interpretation & conclusions: Bartonella is fastidious and fragile organism and should be handled carefully. Extra effort and careful observation are required to isolate and characterize this organism.
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Mancuso, Matthew; Jiang, Li; Cesarman, Ethel; Erickson, David
2013-01-01
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an infectious cancer occurring most commonly in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients and in endemic regions, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, where KS is among the top four most prevalent cancers. The cause of KS is the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV, also called HHV-8), an oncogenic herpesvirus that while routinely diagnosed in developed nations, provides challenges to developing world medical providers and point-of-care detection. A major challenge in the diagnosis of KS is the existence of a number of other diseases with similar clinical presentation and histopathological features, requiring the detection of KSHV in a biopsy sample. In this work we develop an answer to this challenge by creating a multiplexed one-pot detection system for KSHV DNA and DNA from a frequently confounding disease, bacillary angiomatosis. Gold and silver nanoparticle aggregation reactions are tuned for each target and a multi-color change system is developed capable of detecting both targets down to levels between 1 nM and 2 nM. The system developed here could later be integrated with microfluidic sample processing to create a final device capable of solving the two major challenges in point-of-care KS detection.
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Scheidegger, F; Ellner, Y; Guye, P; Rhomberg, T A; Weber, H; Augustin, H G; Dehio, C
2009-07-01
The zoonotic pathogen Bartonella henselae (Bh) can lead to vasoproliferative tumour lesions in the skin and inner organs known as bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis. The knowledge on the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in this pathogen-triggered angiogenic process is confined by the lack of a suitable animal model and a physiologically relevant cell culture model of angiogenesis. Here we employed a three-dimensional in vitro angiogenesis assay of collagen gel-embedded endothelial cell (EC) spheroids to study the angiogenic properties of Bh. Spheroids generated from Bh-infected ECs displayed a high capacity to form sprouts, which represent capillary-like projections into the collagen gel. The VirB/VirD4 type IV secretion system and a subset of its translocated Bartonella effector proteins (Beps) were found to profoundly modulate this Bh-induced sprouting activity. BepA, known to protect ECs from apoptosis, strongly promoted sprout formation. In contrast, BepG, triggering cytoskeletal rearrangements, potently inhibited sprouting. Hence, the here established in vitro model of Bartonella- induced angiogenesis revealed distinct and opposing activities of type IV secretion system effector proteins, which together with a VirB/VirD4-independent effect may control the angiogenic activity of Bh during chronic infection of the vasculature.
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Imaging of the sturge-weber syndrome
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Choi, Choong Gon; Kim, In One; Kim, Woo Sun; Han, Moon Hee; Moon, Woo Kyung; Chang, Kee Hyun; Yeon, Kyung Mo [Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
1994-02-15
The purposes of this article are to illustrate the typical imaging features of eight patients with this syndrome and to discuss the advantage of each imaging modality with a concise review of literatures. We retrospectively reviewed plain skull radiographs, computed tomographic (CT) scans, magnetic resonance (MR) images and cerebral angiograms of eight patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome. We analyzed the radiographic findings of Sturge-Weber syndrome and compared the findings of CT, MR and angiography. Plain radiographs showed characteristic gyriform calcification after 2 years of age. CT scans excellently demonstrated cortical calcifications, prominently enhancing choroid plexi and dilated periventricular veins. MR revealed dilated deep cerebral veins as tubular or spot-like signal void structures at periventricular areas and showed stripes of cortical enhancement after gadolinium infection. Angiography showed dilated tortuous medullary and deep cerebral veins as the collateral pathways of blood shunting. MR was superior to CT in the detection of parenchymal atrophy, venous abnormalities and the extent of angiomatous involvement. Angiography showed enlarged deep cerebral or medullary veins better than MR imaging. We think that each imaging modality including CT, MR or angiography has unique advantages in the diagnosis of this syndrome but MR will be used frequently because of its superior ability for the detection of atrophy, vascular abnormalities and direct visualization of leptomeningeal angiomatosis with contrast enhancement.
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Imaging of the sturge-weber syndrome
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Choi, Choong Gon; Kim, In One; Kim, Woo Sun; Han, Moon Hee; Moon, Woo Kyung; Chang, Kee Hyun; Yeon, Kyung Mo
1994-01-01
The purposes of this article are to illustrate the typical imaging features of eight patients with this syndrome and to discuss the advantage of each imaging modality with a concise review of literatures. We retrospectively reviewed plain skull radiographs, computed tomographic (CT) scans, magnetic resonance (MR) images and cerebral angiograms of eight patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome. We analyzed the radiographic findings of Sturge-Weber syndrome and compared the findings of CT, MR and angiography. Plain radiographs showed characteristic gyriform calcification after 2 years of age. CT scans excellently demonstrated cortical calcifications, prominently enhancing choroid plexi and dilated periventricular veins. MR revealed dilated deep cerebral veins as tubular or spot-like signal void structures at periventricular areas and showed stripes of cortical enhancement after gadolinium infection. Angiography showed dilated tortuous medullary and deep cerebral veins as the collateral pathways of blood shunting. MR was superior to CT in the detection of parenchymal atrophy, venous abnormalities and the extent of angiomatous involvement. Angiography showed enlarged deep cerebral or medullary veins better than MR imaging. We think that each imaging modality including CT, MR or angiography has unique advantages in the diagnosis of this syndrome but MR will be used frequently because of its superior ability for the detection of atrophy, vascular abnormalities and direct visualization of leptomeningeal angiomatosis with contrast enhancement
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[Bartonellosis. II. Other Bartonella responsible for human diseases].
Piémont, Y; Heller, R
1999-01-01
In addition to Bartonella henselae, five other Bartonella species were involved in human pathology. As for B. henselae, ectoparasites seem to be responsible for the transmission of most or all these bacterial species. B. bacilliformis is responsible for Carrion's disease that occurs in some valleys of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. This disease is transmitted by biting of infected sandflies. The bacterial reservoir is constituted by humans only. That disease occurs either as an acute form with severe infectious hemolytic anemia (or Oroya fever), or as benign cutaneous tumors, also called verruga peruana. Healthy blood carriers of the bacterium exist. Trench fever was described during the First World War. This non-lethal disease is constituted of recurrent febrile attacks associated particularly with osseous pains. The causative agent of the disease is B. quintana, transmitted by the body louse. Humans seem to be the reservoir of that bacterium. In some patients, B. quintana can be responsible for endocarditis, bacillary angiomatosis and chronic or recurrent bacteremia. Other human infections due to Bartonella sp. have been described: B. vinsonii, isolated from blood of small rodents, and B. elizabethae, the reservoir of which is currently unknown, can be responsible for endocardites. B. clarridgeiae (isolated from blood of 5% of pet cats and 17% of stray cats) may be responsible for human cat scratch disease. All these bartonelloses are diagnosed by non-standard blood culture or by in vitro DNA amplification or by serological testing. Their treatment requires tetracyclines or chloramphenicol or macrolides.
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Does a feline leukemia virus infection pave the way for Bartonella henselae infection in cats?
Buchmann, Alexandra U; Kershaw, Olivia; Kempf, Volkhard A J; Gruber, Achim D
2010-09-01
Domestic cats serve as the reservoir hosts of Bartonella henselae and may develop mild clinical symptoms or none after experimental infection. In humans, B. henselae infection can result in self-limiting cat scratch disease. However, immunocompromised patients may suffer from more-severe courses of infection or may even develop the potentially lethal disease bacillary angiomatosis. It was reasoned that cats with immunocompromising viral infections may react similarly to B. henselae infection. The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of the most important viruses known to cause immunosuppression in cats-Feline leukemia virus (FeLV), Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and Feline panleukopenia virus (FPV)-on natural B. henselae infection in cats. Accordingly, 142 cats from animal shelters were necropsied and tested for B. henselae and concurrent infections with FeLV, FIV, or FPV by PCR and immunohistochemistry. A significant association was found between B. henselae and FeLV infections (P = 0.00028), but not between B. henselae and FIV (P = 1.0) or FPV (P = 0.756) infection, age (P = 0.392), or gender (P = 0.126). The results suggest that susceptibility to B. henselae infection is higher in cats with concurrent FeLV infections, regardless of whether the infection is latent or progressive. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry for B. henselae failed to identify lesions that could be attributed specifically to B. henselae infection. We conclude that the course of natural B. henselae infection in cats does not seem to be influenced by immunosuppressive viral infections in general but that latent FeLV infection may predispose cats to B. henselae infection or persistence.
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Lu, Yun-Yueh; Franz, Bettina; Truttmann, Matthias C; Riess, Tanja; Gay-Fraret, Jérémie; Faustmann, Marco; Kempf, Volkhard A J; Dehio, Christoph
2013-05-01
The Gram-negative, zoonotic pathogen Bartonella henselae is the aetiological agent of cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis and peliosis hepatis in humans. Two pathogenicity factors of B. henselae - each displaying multiple functions in host cell interaction - have been characterized in greater detail: the trimeric autotransporter Bartonella adhesin A (BadA) and the type IV secretion system VirB/D4 (VirB/D4 T4SS). BadA mediates, e.g. binding to fibronectin (Fn), adherence to endothelial cells (ECs) and secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). VirB/D4 translocates several Bartonella effector proteins (Beps) into the cytoplasm of infected ECs, resulting, e.g. in uptake of bacterial aggregates via the invasome structure, inhibition of apoptosis and activation of a proangiogenic phenotype. Despite this knowledge of the individual activities of BadA or VirB/D4 it is unknown whether these major virulence factors affect each other in their specific activities. In this study, expression and function of BadA and VirB/D4 were analysed in a variety of clinical B. henselae isolates. Data revealed that most isolates have lost expression of either BadA or VirB/D4 during in vitro passages. However, the phenotypic effects of coexpression of both virulence factors was studied in one clinical isolate that was found to stably coexpress BadA and VirB/D4, as well as by ectopic expression of BadA in a strain expressing VirB/D4 but not BadA. BadA, which forms a dense layer on the bacterial surface, negatively affected VirB/D4-dependent Bep translocation and invasome formation by likely preventing close contact between the bacterial cell envelope and the host cell membrane. In contrast, BadA-dependent Fn binding, adhesion to ECs and VEGF secretion were not affected by a functional VirB/D4 T4SS. The obtained data imply that the essential virulence factors BadA and VirB/D4 are likely differentially expressed during different stages of the infection cycle of
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Alberto Hernández Saenz
1990-12-01
afirman que la circuncisión evita la IU, la Academia Americana de Pediatría vuelve a recomendarla, así vuelve a oscilar el péndulo, antes se negaba …
Se demuestra que la cocaína consumida durante el embarazo produce: abruptio placenta, vasoconstricción y aborto espontáneo.
El recién nacido tiene malformaciones urinarias y microcefalia.
Los adictos a la cocaína pueden padecer convulsiones refractarias a los fármacos habituales, la droga de elección es el Midazolam (Versed o Dormicum.
El síndrome CHARGE se encuentra familiarizado en la literatura médica actual, su “sigla” es como sigue: coloboma, “Heart” porque hay cardiopatías, atresia de coanas, retardo del crecimiento , genitales hipoplásicos, “ears” por malformaciones auriculares, todo acoI1 pañado de una severa dificultad para la deglución.
El síndrome de Kasabach-Merritt, angiomatosis hepática, se trata con corticoides, dipiramidol o ciclofosfamida.
En el grupo de las Carbapenems, el Imipenem asociado, con Cilistatin, parece ser el antibiótico actual de mayor cobertura, su uso en pacientes seleccionados …
Las quinolonas se depositan en los núcleos de crecimiento, de ahí su uso restringido en pediatría …
La Mupirocina tópica tiene un efecto igualo superior a la Eritromicina en el tratamiento del impétigo …
El Parvovirus 8-19, agente etiológico del eritema infeccioso o quinta enfermedad, puede producir depranositosis, es contagiosa 7-10 días antes de la aparición del exantema, la infección contraída durante el embarazo puede producir hidrops fetalis…
Los investigadores coinciden en afirmar que el herpes virus 6, es causante de la roséola infantum (exantema súbito…
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. Piersigilli, I. Savarese, P. Giliberti, A. DottaABS 32. THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA IN ASPHYXIATED NEONATES: EXPERIENCE FROM NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MARRAKESH • F.Z. Elalouani, N. Idrissi Slitine, M. Elbaz, S. Elfaiq, G. Boufrioua, M. Barkane, F.M.R. MaoulainineABS 33. FIRST EXPERIENCES IN THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA TREATMENT OF HIE IN THE PERIOD JANUARY 2011-DECEMBER 2011 IN NICU AT UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER SARAJEVO • A. Cengic, R. Spahovic, I. Kalkan, S. Tanovic, A. KadicABS 34. THE EFFECT OF PHOTOTHERAPY ON THE ELECTROCORTICAL BRAIN ACTIVITY IN TERM NEWBORNS MEASURED BY AMPLITUDE-INTEGRATED EEG – PILOT STUDY • Z. Zimová, T. Jurko, K. Maťašová, M. ZibolenABS 35. FINLA DISEASE (FIBROSIS, NEURODEGENERATION AND LEPTOMENINGEAL ANGIOMATOSIS CAUSED BY DELETERIOUS MUTATIONS IN THE NHLRC2 GENE • J. Uusimaa, R. Kaarteenaho, T. Paakkola, H. Tuominen, M.K. Karjalainen, J. Nadaf, T. Varilo, M. Suo-Palosaari, I. Pietilä, A. Hiltunen, L. Ruddock, H. Alanen, E. Biterova, A. Salminen, I. Miinalainen, M. HallmanABS 36. HYDROCORTISONE SUPPLEMENTATION IN CIRCULATORY FAILURE OF COOLED ASPHYXIATED NEWBORNS • K. Kovacs, E. Szakmar, A. Cseko, U. Meder, M. Szabo, A. JermendyABS 37. INHALATIVE CO2 FOR PREVENTING HYPOCAPNIA IN NEWBORNS WITH HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY • E. Szakmar, A. Jermendy, K. Kovac, U. Meder, C. Andorka, K. Kaila, M. SzaboABS 38. FLOPPY INFANTS: REPORT OF THREE CLINICAL CASES • M. Rodrigues, M. Costa, J. Teixeira, C. Sá, L. Pinheiro, E. Abreu, A. Silva, N. Silva, M. Marques, M. Rocha, A. PereiraABS 39. PRONE VERSUS SUPINE POSITION FOR CEREBRAL REGIONAL TISSUE OXYGENATION IN PRETERM NEONATES UNDERGOING NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION • T. Barsan Kaya, O. Aydemir, N. Tekin